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title: ugh it's like 11pm in June in Inverness and it's still not dark, why — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh it's like 11pm in June in Inverness and it's still not dark, why Test 6 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 6 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

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ugh it's like 11pm in June in Inverness and it's still not dark, why

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, pm · **What happens:** be, not be

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t6:1
# text = ugh it's like 11pm in June in Inverness and it's still not dark, why
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Inverness	Inverness	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
18	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | june | like 11; pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | pm *= p.m.* |  |  |  | still | dark *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 {#o1}

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The Sun is closer to Earth in June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t6:o1:1
# text = The Sun is closer to Earth in June
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Sun |  | Earth |  | june | close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Street lights reflect off the low summer clouds all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t6:o2:1
# text = Street lights reflect off the low summer clouds all night
1	Street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reflect	reflect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | Street lights |  |  |  | night | off the low summer clouds | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Moon lights the sky all June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t6:o3:1
# text = The Moon lights the sky all June
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | present | the Moon | the sky |  |  | june |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Near midsummer the sky up there never gets fully dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t6:o4:1
# text = Near midsummer the sky up there never gets fully dark
1	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | the sky |  |  | midsummer |  | dark, fully *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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