--- title: A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. Why i… — The solar system and the planets · tree and pragmatics description: A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. Why is she wrong? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/4-the-solar-system/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The solar system and the planets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/4-the-solar-system/) / t4 # Test 4 · The solar system and the planets A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. Why is she wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** closest planet, Sun · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:1 # text = A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hottest hot ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl | the closest planet | the Sun | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent planet=Topic to sun=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | must | | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is she wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:2 # text = Why is she wrong? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | girl | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Sun does not warm the planets ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:o1:1 # text = The Sun does not warm the planets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 planets planet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **warm** | present · do-support | the Sun | the planets | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent planet=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Neptune is the hottest planet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:o2:1 # text = Neptune is the hottest planet 1 Neptune Neptune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hottest hot ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Neptune | the hottest planet | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mercury is the farthest planet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:o3:1 # text = Mercury is the farthest planet 1 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mercury | the farthest planet | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Venus is hotter because its thick air holds heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:4-the-solar-system:t4:o4:1 # text = Venus is hotter because its thick air holds heat 1 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Venus | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | present | its thick air | heat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | **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. 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