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title: camping in the Highlands n there's this pale milky stripe across the… — The Milky Way · tree and pragmatics
description: camping in the Highlands n there's this pale milky stripe across the sky. what is it Test 5 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 5 · The Milky Way

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camping in the Highlands n there's this pale milky stripe across the sky. what is it

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pale milky stripe, this · **What happens:** camp, n, be, stripe · **To what, where:** Highlands, stripe, sky

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t5:1
# text = camping in the Highlands n there's this pale milky stripe across the sky. what is it
1	camping	camp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Highlands	Highland	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	n	n	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	milky	milky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stripe	stripe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	ccomp	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **camp** | gerund |  |  |  | the Highlands |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in highland=Location |
| 2 | **n** | present |  | stripe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | pale milky stripe |  |  | the sky; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **stripe** |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mist rising slowly from the hills and the lochs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t5:o1:1
# text = Mist rising slowly from the hills and the lochs
1	Mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lochs	loch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | Mist *not said here* |  |  | the hills and the lochs |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A long white trail left behind by an aeroplane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t5:o2:1
# text = A long white trail left behind by an aeroplane
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave behind** | participle |  | a long white trail *not said here* |  |  |  | by a aeroplane; behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by aeroplane=Location |

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

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The Milky Way, our galaxy seen from inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t5:o3:1
# text = The Milky Way, our galaxy seen from inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Milky	milky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  | our galaxy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Light glowing up from a far-off city like Glasgow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:23-the-milky-way:t5:o4:1
# text = Light glowing up from a far-off city like Glasgow
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow up** | gerund | Light *not said here* |  |  | a city like Glasgow |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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