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description: ★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??" Best answer? Test 9 · ★★★ 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;
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★

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★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??" Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, stars · **What happens:** text, not twinkle up, break · **To what, where:** space station · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:1
# text = ★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??"
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	astronaut	astronaut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	texts	text	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	twinkling	twinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **text** | present | ★ ★ a astronaut |  |  | the space station |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **twinkle up** *in a quote* | present · progressive | stars |  |  | here |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | stars *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stars twinkle only on clear summer nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:o1:1
# text = Stars twinkle only on clear summer nights
1	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	twinkle	twinkle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twinkle** | present | Stars |  |  |  | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The window glass stops them from blinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:o2:1
# text = The window glass stops them from blinking
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	blinking	blink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the window glass | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blink** | gerund | the window glass *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Not broken: twinkling comes from air, and you're above it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:o3:1
# text = Not broken: twinkling comes from air, and you're above it
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	twinkling	twinkling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | present | broken twinkling |  |  | air |  | above air | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from air=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes: stars switch off their twinkle in space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes: stars switch off their twinkle in space
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	switch	switch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | present | stars | stars's twinkle |  | space |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twinkle=Patient |
| 2 | **twinkle** |  | stars *= star* |  |  |  |  |  | nom twinkle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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