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title: News says "the Milky Way WILL crash into Andromeda". What is the fai… — The Milky Way · tree and pragmatics
description: News says "the Milky Way WILL crash into Andromeda". What is the fairer way to put it? Test 10 of lesson 23 «The Milky Way» 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 10 · The Milky Way

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News says "the Milky Way WILL crash into Andromeda". What is the fairer way to put it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** News, Milky Way, fairer way · **What happens:** say, crash, be, put · **To what, where:** Andromeda, Way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 23 «The Milky Way» 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/23-the-milky-way/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* News says "the Milky Way WILL crash into Andromeda".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:1
# text = News says "the Milky Way WILL crash into Andromeda".
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Milky	milky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	WILL	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	crash	crash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Andromeda	Andromeda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | News |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **crash** *in a quote* | future | the Milky Way |  |  |  |  | into Andromeda *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into andromeda=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the fairer way to put it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:2
# text = What is the fairer way to put it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairer way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | the fairer way *not said here* | Way |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It will certainly happen within our own lifetime, maybe soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:o1:1
# text = It will certainly happen within our own lifetime, maybe soon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
11	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future | It |  |  |  |  | within our own lifetime; certainly, soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They might merge in billions of years, but it is uncertain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:o2:1
# text = They might merge in billions of years, but it is uncertain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	merge	merge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	billions	billion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **merge** | might | They |  |  | billions of years |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | uncertain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can never happen at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:o3:1
# text = It can never happen at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | can | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It already happened last century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t10:o4:1
# text = It already happened last century
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | It |  |  |  | century |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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