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title: In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face. What does a r… — Stars: what they are · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face. What does a real star look like up close? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Stars: what they are

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In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face. What does a real star look like up close?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** star, real star · **What happens:** have, look · **To what, where:** five points, cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» of the space course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/space/17-stars-what-they-are/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	smiley	smiley	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a star | five points and a smiley face |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What does a real star look like up close?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:2
# text = What does a real star look like up close?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · do-support | a real star |  |  |  |  | like close | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A flat disc of ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:o1:1
# text = A flat disc of ice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	disc	disc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A huge round ball of glowing gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:o2:1
# text = A huge round ball of glowing gas
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund | a huge round ball *not said here* | gas |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gas=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tiny spark like a firework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:o3:1
# text = A tiny spark like a firework
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	firework	firework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A five-pointed piece of shiny rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t2:o4:1
# text = A five-pointed piece of shiny rock
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pointed	pointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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