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title: ★★★ A cartoon shows a comet zooming away from the Sun with its tail… — Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A cartoon shows a comet zooming away from the Sun with its tail streaming behind it. What is wrong? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 was
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★

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★★★ A cartoon shows a comet zooming away from the Sun with its tail streaming behind it. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, comet, tail · **What happens:** show, zoom away, stream, be · **To what, where:** comet, Sun, tail

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A cartoon shows a comet zooming away from the Sun with its tail streaming behind it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:1
# text = ★★★ A cartoon shows a comet zooming away from the Sun with its tail streaming behind it.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	zooming	zoom	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	streaming	stream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | ★ ★ a cartoon | a comet |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent comet=Recipient |
| 2 | **zoom away** | gerund | a comet *not said here* |  |  | the Sun |  | with Sun's tail; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sun=Trajectory |
| 3 | **stream** | gerund | Sun's tail *not said here* |  |  | tail |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The tail should point down towards the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:o1:1
# text = The tail should point down towards the Earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point down** | should | the tail |  |  |  |  | towards the Earth | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards earth=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing: a tail always trails behind its comet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing: a tail always trails behind its comet
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	trails	trail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trail** | present | Nothing |  |  | tail's comet |  | always *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind comet=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The tails should point away from the Sun, in front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:o3:1
# text = The tails should point away from the Sun, in front
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point away** | should | the tails |  |  | the Sun |  | in front; away *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Comets heading outwards have no tail at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:31-olympiad-planet-puzzles:t5:o4:1
# text = Comets heading outwards have no tail at all
1	Comets	comet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	heading	head	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	outwards	outwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	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 | **head** | gerund | Comets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outwards *property* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | Comets | no tail |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

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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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