--- title: If the Sun suddenly went out, when would we notice? — The Sun as a star and the stars · tree and pragmatics description: If the Sun suddenly went out, when would we notice? Test 2 of lesson 5 «The Sun as a star and the stars» 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/5-the-sun-and-the-stars/t2/) [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 Sun as a star and the stars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/5-the-sun-and-the-stars/) / t2 # Test 2 · The Sun as a star and the stars If the Sun suddenly went out, when would we notice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sun, we · **What happens:** go out, notice This is test 2 of lesson 5 «The Sun as a star and the stars» 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/5-the-sun-and-the-stars/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t2:1 # text = If the Sun suddenly went out, when would we notice? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Sun | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **notice** | would | we | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} About eight minutes later ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t2:o1:1 # text = About eight minutes later 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The next day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t2:o2:1 # text = The next day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A year later ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t2:o3:1 # text = A year later 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} At once ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t2:o4:1 # text = At once 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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