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title: are you thick or what, Sirius is obviously the closest star cos it's… — Stars: what they are · tree and pragmatics
description: are you thick or what, Sirius is obviously the closest star cos it's brightest. right? Test 5 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Stars: what they are

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are you thick or what, Sirius is obviously the closest star cos it's brightest. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Sirius, star · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** closest star

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t5:1
# text = are you thick or what, Sirius is obviously the closest star cos it's brightest. right?
1	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Sirius | the closest star |  |  |  | obviously *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | star |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, Sirius is not a star but a planet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t5:o1:1
# text = No, Sirius is not a star but a planet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Sirius | a star but a planet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, Sirius is closer than the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, Sirius is closer than the Sun
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sirius |  |  |  |  | than the Sun; close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it is bright because it is powerful and fairly near; the Sun and others are closer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t5:o3:1
# text = No, it is bright because it is powerful and fairly near; the Sun and others are closer
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	near	near	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | powerful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the Sun and others |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the brightest star is always the closest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, the brightest star is always the closest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the brightest star |  |  |  |  | always, close *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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