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title: ★★★ Gran: "The Pole Star's the brightest star in the sky, that's how… — Olympiad: stars, light and space histo… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Gran: "The Pole Star's the brightest star in the sky, that's how sailors found it." What is right? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 of each option; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★

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★★★ Gran: "The Pole Star's the brightest star in the sky, that's how sailors found it." What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, sailors · **What happens:** be, find · **To what, where:** sky

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Gran: "The Pole Star's the brightest star in the sky, that's how sailors found it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:1
# text = ★★★ Gran: "The Pole Star's the brightest star in the sky, that's how sailors found it."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
21	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** *in a quote* | past | sailors | sky |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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 right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:2
# text = What is right?
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	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Pole Star is really the planet Venus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:o1:1
# text = The Pole Star is really the planet Venus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Pole Star | the planet Venus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polaris is the brightest, but it moves about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:o2:1
# text = Polaris is the brightest, but it moves about
1	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Polaris |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move about** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She is right: the Pole Star is the brightest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:o3:1
# text = She is right: the Pole Star is the brightest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Pole Star |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sirius is brighter; Polaris is found by the Pointers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t4:o4:1
# text = Sirius is brighter; Polaris is found by the Pointers
1	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Pointers	Pointer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive | the Pointers | Sirius Polaris |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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