--- title: ★★★ "I've told you a million times: Sirius is 8.6 light years away a… — Olympiad: stars, light and space histo… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ "I've told you a million times: Sirius is 8.6 light years away and shines 25 times brighter than the Sun!" Which number is hyperbole? 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Which number is hyperbole? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sirius, number · **What happens:** tell, be, shine · **To what, where:** ★ ★ ★, you, 8.6 light years, hyperbole · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ "I've told you a million times: Sirius is 8.6 light years away and shines 25 times brighter than the Sun!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:1 # text = ★★★ "I've told you a million times: Sirius is 8.6 light years away and shines 25 times brighter than the Sun!" 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 Sirius Sirius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 8.6 8.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 xcomp _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | ★ ★ ★ | you | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient you=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sirius | 8.6 light years | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **shine** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which number is hyperbole? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:2 # text = Which number is hyperbole? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 hyperbole hyperbole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | which number | hyperbole | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A million times ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:o1:1 # text = A million times 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} 8.6 light years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:o2:1 # text = 8.6 light years 1 8.6 8.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:o3:1 # text = None of them 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 25 times ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t12:o4:1 # text = 25 times 1 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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