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title: Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet las… — Exoplanets and the search for life · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week". What is true? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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 1 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life

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Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week". What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, video, scientists · **What happens:** see, say, find, be · **To what, where:** video, aliens · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:1
# text = Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week".
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	exoplanet	exoplanet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Ruby | a video |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a video *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **find** *in a quote* | past | scientists | aliens |  |  | week |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alien=Topic |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, SETI got a clear message from aliens in 2019

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, SETI got a clear message from aliens in 2019
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	SETI	SETI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	2019	2019	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | SETI | a clear message |  | aliens |  | in 2019 | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent message=Theme from alien=Source |

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

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No life has been confirmed anywhere beyond Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:o2:1
# text = No life has been confirmed anywhere beyond Earth
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present · perfect · passive |  | no life |  |  |  | beyond Earth; anywhere *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, aliens live on Kepler-16b

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, aliens live on Kepler-16b
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Kepler	kepler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	16b	16b	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | aliens |  |  | Kepler 16b |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 16b=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, life was found on TRAPPIST-1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, life was found on TRAPPIST-1
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	TRAPPIST	trappist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | life |  | TRAPPIST |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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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