--- title: In a cartoon, a boy in London points at the Southern Cross on a July… — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a boy in London points at the Southern Cross on a July night. What's wrong? Test 7 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 ch --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky In a cartoon, a boy in London points at the Southern Cross on a July night. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** point, be This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boy in London points at the Southern Cross on a July night. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:1 # text = In a cartoon, a boy in London points at the Southern Cross on a July night. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 13 flat _ _ 13 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | a boy in London | | | | night | at the Southern Cross; in a cartoon | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme | 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's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Southern Cross only shows in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:o1:1 # text = The Southern Cross only shows in winter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 3 flat _ _ 3 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | the Southern Cross | | | | winter | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, it is right above London every clear night ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing, it is right above London every clear night 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 above above ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 9 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | Nothing London | night | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Southern Cross cannot be seen from Britain ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:o3:1 # text = The Southern Cross cannot be seen from Britain 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 3 flat _ _ 3 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can · passive | | the Southern Cross | | Britain | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Southern Cross is visible only by day ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t7:o4:1 # text = The Southern Cross is visible only by day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 3 flat _ _ 3 Cross Cross PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Southern Cross | | | | day | visible *property* | tree rules | **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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