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title: ★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last… — Olympiad: stars, light and space histo… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega." Check the claim. Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★

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★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega." Check the claim.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, light, we, Vega, you · **What happens:** leave, change, see, light, check · **To what, where:** light, old Vega, claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:1
# text = ★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Vega	Vega	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
20	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	still	still	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Vega	Vega	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ Priya | light |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **change** *in a quote* | past | light |  |  |  | week |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | would | we | the old Vega |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus |
| 4 | **light** *in a quote* |  | Vega |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Check the claim.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:2
# text = Check the claim.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the claim |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True, but only for red stars, not blue ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:o1:1
# text = True, but only for red stars, not blue ones
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False: Vega's light gets here in 8 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:o2:1
# text = False: Vega's light gets here in 8 minutes
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	Vega	Vega	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Vega's light |  |  | here | minute |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **light** |  | Vega |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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True: we see Vega as it was 25 years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:o3:1
# text = True: we see Vega as it was 25 years ago
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	Vega	Vega	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | we | Vega |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | 25 years |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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False: we always see stars as they are now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t2:o4:1
# text = False: we always see stars as they are now
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | we | stars |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
| 2 | **does** | present | stars *= star* |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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