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title: TESS has searched almost the whole sky since 2018. What is it lookin… — Exoplanets and the search for life · tree and pragmatics
description: TESS has searched almost the whole sky since 2018. What is it looking for? Test 11 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life

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TESS has searched almost the whole sky since 2018. What is it looking for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** TESS, sky · **What happens:** search, look · **To what, where:** whole sky

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* TESS has searched almost the whole sky since 2018.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:1
# text = TESS has searched almost the whole sky since 2018.
1	TESS	TESS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	searched	search	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2018	2018	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | present · perfect | TESS | the whole sky |  |  | since 2018 |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent sky=Location |

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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 it looking for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:2
# text = What is it looking for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | sky |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Exoplanets passing in front of their stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:o1:1
# text = Exoplanets passing in front of their stars
1	Exoplanets	exoplanet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund | Exoplanets *not said here* |  |  | front of Exoplanets's stars |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in front=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Space junk around Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:o2:1
# text = Space junk around Earth
1	Space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	junk	junk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Comets about to hit Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:o3:1
# text = Comets about to hit Earth
1	Comets	comet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | to-infinitive |  | Earth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Black holes in the galaxy's centre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t11:o4:1
# text = Black holes in the galaxy's centre
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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