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title: my cousin says there's nine planets, Pluto too. right? — The solar system and the planets · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says there's nine planets, Pluto too. right? Test 13 of lesson 4 «The solar system and the planets» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 13 · The solar system and the planets

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my cousin says there's nine planets, Pluto too. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, nine planets · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 of lesson 4 «The solar system and the planets» of the world 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/world/4-the-solar-system/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t13:1
# text = my cousin says there's nine planets, Pluto too. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **does** | present | nine planets |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, there are eight; Pluto is a dwarf planet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t13:o1:1
# text = No, there are eight; Pluto is a dwarf planet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | eight |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Pluto | a dwarf planet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, nine, but Pluto is the first one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, nine, but Pluto is the first one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Pluto | the first one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, there are ten if you count the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t13:o3:1
# text = No, there are ten if you count the Moon
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | ten |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **count** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the Moon |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, nine, and Pluto is the ninth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, nine, and Pluto is the ninth
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ninth	ninth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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