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title: mate says the southern sky has a south pole star like Polaris. true? — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate says the southern sky has a south pole star like Polaris. true? Test 2 of lesson 21 «The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky» 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 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

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mate says the southern sky has a south pole star like Polaris. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, southern sky · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** south pole star · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 21 «The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky» 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/21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t2:1
# text = mate says the southern sky has a south pole star like Polaris. true?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	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	5	det	_	_
4	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | the southern sky | a south pole star |  |  |  | like Polaris | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it's in the middle of the Southern Cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's in the middle of the Southern Cross
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Southern	Southern	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Cross	Cross	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the middle |  | of the Southern Cross | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it's called Antares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's called Antares
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	Antares	Antares	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, it's the brightest star in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, it's the brightest star in the sky
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, there's no bright south pole star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t2:o4:1
# text = No, there's no bright south pole star
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no bright south pole star |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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