--- title: Polaris is about 430 light years away. If it had blown up 100 years… — Distances and light years · tree and pragmatics description: Polaris is about 430 light years away. If it had blown up 100 years ago, what would we see tonight? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t3/) [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/) / [Distances and light years](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Distances and light years Polaris is about 430 light years away. If it had blown up 100 years ago, what would we see tonight? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Polaris, we · **What happens:** be, blow up, see · **To what, where:** 430 light years, it This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» 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/22-distances-and-light-years/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Polaris is about 430 light years away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:1 # text = Polaris is about 430 light years away. 1 Polaris Polaris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 430 430 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Polaris | 430 light years | | | | away *property* | tree rules | 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:* If it had blown up 100 years ago, what would we see tonight? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:2 # text = If it had blown up 100 years ago, what would we see tonight? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | it | | | | ago *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **see** | would | we | | | | tonight | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Polaris exploding right now ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:o1:1 # text = Polaris exploding right now 1 Polaris Polaris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exploding explode VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | gerund | Polaris | | | | now | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Polaris getting brighter every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:o2:1 # text = Polaris getting brighter every night 1 Polaris polaris NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | Polaris | | | | night | bright *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} A dark gap where Polaris was ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:o3:1 # text = A dark gap where Polaris was 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 5 Polaris Polaris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a dark gap | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Polaris still shining as normal ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t3:o4:1 # text = Polaris still shining as normal 1 Polaris Polaris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | Polaris | | | | still | as normal | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | **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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