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description: «that bright dot moving fast across the sky, is it a UFO» What is the likely answer? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Satellites and GPS

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«that bright dot moving fast across the sky, is it a UFO» What is the likely answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bright dot, UFO · **What happens:** move, be · **To what, where:** sky, UFO, likely answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology 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/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t5:1
# text = «that bright dot moving fast across the sky, is it a UFO» What is the likely answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dot	dot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	UFO	ufo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** *in a quote* | gerund | that bright dot *not said here* |  |  | the sky |  | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that bright dot | a UFO |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | a UFO | the likely answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is just a star, as stars always move that fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t5:o1:1
# text = It is just a star, as stars always move that fast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	that	that	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | stars |  |  |  |  | always, fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a satellite falling to Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a satellite falling to Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a satellite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund | a satellite *not said here* |  | Earth |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to earth=Pivot |

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

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It may well be the space station, seen from the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t5:o3:1
# text = It may well be the space station, seen from the ground
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | the space station |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | participle |  | the space station *not said here* |  | the ground |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is surely a spaceship from Mars coming to visit the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t5:o4:1
# text = It is surely a spaceship from Mars coming to visit the Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a spaceship |  | Mars |  | surely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | a spaceship *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **visit** | to-infinitive | a spaceship *not said here* | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Co-Agent |

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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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