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title: bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager… — Distances and light years · tree and pragmatics
description: bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager. lol? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Distances and light years

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager. lol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, we · **What happens:** say, fly · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t4:1
# text = bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager. lol?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	_
12	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
17	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fly** | future | we |  |  |  | year | to the nearest star *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to star=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, at Voyager's speed it would take about 75,000 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t4:o1:1
# text = No, at Voyager's speed it would take about 75,000 years
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	75,000	75,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | it |  |  | Voyager's speed | year |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at speed=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it would take about 750 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t4:o2:1
# text = No, it would take about 750 years
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	750	750	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | it |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Voyager will get there in 2036 if it keeps going straight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, Voyager will get there in 2036 if it keeps going straight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2036	2036	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | Voyager |  |  | 2036; there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is only 4 light minutes away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, it is only 4 light minutes away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 4 light minutes |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

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