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title: Lily says the stars of a constellation are all close together out in… — Constellations and the night sky in wi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily says the stars of a constellation are all close together out in space, like a family. true? Test 5 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 5 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

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Lily says the stars of a constellation are all close together out in space, like a family. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, stars · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** space · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» 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/20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t5:1
# text = Lily says the stars of a constellation are all close together out in space, like a family. true?
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	constellation	constellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
20	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the stars of a constellation |  |  | space and a family |  | all, close, out *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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Yes, they are all the same distance away, like dots painted on one big ball

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, they are all the same distance away, like dots painted on one big ball
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
16	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the same distance |  |  |  | like dots; all, away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | dots *not said here* |  | one big ball |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ball=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, they only look close from the Earth and lie at very different distances

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t5:o2:1
# text = No, they only look close from the Earth and lie at very different distances
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | they |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lie** | present | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at different distances | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at distance=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, they are all inside the Solar System

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t5:o3:1
# text = No, they are all inside the Solar System
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Solar	Solar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	System	System	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  | the Solar System |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, they are joined by lines in space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, they are joined by lines in space
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present · passive | lines in space | they |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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