--- title: You see a backwards question mark in the south on a spring evening.… — Constellations and the night sky in wi… · tree and pragmatics description: You see a backwards question mark in the south on a spring evening. What are you looking at? Test 8 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's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Constellations and the night sky in wi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring/) / t8 # Test 8 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring You see a backwards question mark in the south on a spring evening. What are you looking at? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** see, look · **To what, where:** backwards question mark, south This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You see a backwards question mark in the south on a spring evening. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:1 # text = You see a backwards question mark in the south on a spring evening. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 backwards backwards ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | You | a backwards question mark | | the south on a spring evening | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What are you looking at? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:2 # text = What are you looking at? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The Sickle of Leo ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:o1:1 # text = The Sickle of Leo 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sickle Sickle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Plough's handle ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:o2:1 # text = The Plough's handle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Plough Plough PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Cassiopeia ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:o3:1 # text = Cassiopeia 1 Cassiopeia cassiopeia NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Orion's belt ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t8:o4:1 # text = Orion's belt 1 Orion Orion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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