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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the unit designated the light year? Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» 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 wro
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# Exam question 1 · Distances and light years

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the unit designated the light year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** unit · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» of the space course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/22-distances-and-light-years/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the unit designated the light year?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | past | the unit |  |  |  | year |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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It is a unit of brightness for stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:e1:o1:1
# text = It is a unit of brightness for stars
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	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	brightness	brightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 unit |  |  |  | of brightness; for stars | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a unit of speed equal to that of light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:e1:o2:1
# text = It is a unit of speed equal to that of light
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	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is a unit of distance equal to about 9.5 trillion kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:e1:o3:1
# text = It is a unit of distance equal to about 9.5 trillion kilometres
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	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	9.5	9.5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	trillion	trillion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a unit of time equal to one Earth year, used for star travel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:e1:o4:1
# text = It is a unit of time equal to one Earth year, used for star travel
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	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a unit |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a unit *not said here* |  |  |  | for star travel | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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