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title: Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture.… — The night sky in summer and autumn, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture. Is he right? Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

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Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture. Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jack, constellations · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** culture, same pictures

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:1
# text = Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	constellations	constellation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Jack |  |  | every culture |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | constellations | the same pictures |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Jack |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, only Australians name constellations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:o1:1
# text = No, only Australians name constellations
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	Australians	Australian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	name	name	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	constellations	constellation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present | Australians | constellations |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constellation=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, everyone has always used the same 88 Greek pictures in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, everyone has always used the same 88 Greek pictures in the sky
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	88	88	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · perfect · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the stars form only one possible shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, the stars form only one possible shape
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | the stars | one possible shape |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shape=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, peoples see different pictures, like the Emu in the Sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:21-the-night-sky-in-summer-and-autumn-and-the-southern-sky:t9:o4:1
# text = No, peoples see different pictures, like the Emu in the Sky
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Emu	Emu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sky	Sky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | peoples | different pictures |  |  |  | like the Emu in the Sky | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus |

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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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