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title: ★★★ Mia from Melbourne: "Venus takes longer to spin once than to go… — Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Mia from Melbourne: "Venus takes longer to spin once than to go round the Sun, no cap." Is she right? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★» 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 w
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Mia from Melbourne: "Venus takes longer to spin once than to go round the Sun, no cap." Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Venus · **What happens:** take, spin, go, be · **To what, where:** Sun

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-planet-puzzles/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Mia from Melbourne: "Venus takes longer to spin once than to go round the Sun, no cap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:1
# text = ★★★ Mia from Melbourne: "Venus takes longer to spin once than to go round the Sun, no cap."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	_
15	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	round	round	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
23	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Venus |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spin** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Venus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Venus *not said here* |  |  | the Sun and no cap |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round sun=Initial\_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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	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 | Venus |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes: a spin takes twice as long as a lap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes: a spin takes twice as long as a lap
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spin	spin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a spin |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Yes: a spin is about 243 days, a lap 225

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes: a spin is about 243 days, a lap 225
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spin	spin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	243	243	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	225	225	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a spin | 243 days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No: it spins once a day, like the Earth does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:o3:1
# text = No: it spins once a day, like the Earth does
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | it |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No: Venus does not spin round at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t3:o4:1
# text = No: Venus does not spin round at all
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spin round** | present · do-support | no Venus |  |  | all |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

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