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title: Which is true about the Andromeda Galaxy? — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about the Andromeda Galaxy? Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

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Which is true about the Andromeda Galaxy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t5:1
# text = Which is true about the Andromeda Galaxy?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Andromeda	Andromeda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Galaxy	Galaxy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the Andromeda Galaxy; true *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a faint smudge in autumn skies, millions of light years away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t5:o1:1
# text = It is a faint smudge in autumn skies, millions of light years away
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	smudge	smudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	skies	sky	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a faint smudge |  | autumn skies |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a bright star near Polaris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a bright star near Polaris
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bright star |  | Polaris |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a planet beyond Neptune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t5:o3:1
# text = It is a planet beyond Neptune
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a planet |  |  |  | beyond Neptune | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a cloud of gas floating inside our own solar system, near Pluto

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a cloud of gas floating inside our own solar system, near Pluto
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a cloud and Pluto |  |  |  | of gas | tree rules |
| 2 | **float** | gerund | a cloud and Pluto *not said here* |  |  | our own solar system |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside system=Trajectory |

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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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