--- title: Why does Scorpius look so much higher from Sydney than from London? — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does Scorpius look so much higher from Sydney than from London? Test 3 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky/t3/) [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/) / [The night sky in summer and autumn, an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky/) / t3 # Test 3 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky Why does Scorpius look so much higher from Sydney than from London? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scorpius · **What happens:** look · **To what, where:** higher This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t3:1 # text = Why does Scorpius look so much higher from Sydney than from London? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Scorpius Scorpius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present · do-support | Scorpius | higher | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sydney is closer to the stars ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t3:o1:1 # text = Sydney is closer to the stars 1 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Sydney | | | | | to the stars; close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Scorpius is a different group of stars there ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t3:o2:1 # text = Scorpius is a different group of stars there 1 Scorpius Scorpius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Scorpius | a different group | | there | | of stars | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sydney is much farther south on the round Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t3:o3:1 # text = Sydney is much farther south on the round Earth 1 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 south south ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Sydney | | | the round Earth | | far, south *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The air in Australia is thinner, so stars rise higher there ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t3:o4:1 # text = The air in Australia is thinner, so stars rise higher there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the air in Australia | | | | | thin *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | present | stars | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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