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title: A street lamp near you looks bigger and brighter than one far away,… — The Sun as a star and the stars · tree and pragmatics
description: A street lamp near you looks bigger and brighter than one far away, though both are the same. What does this explain? Test 6 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 
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# Test 6 · The Sun as a star and the stars

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A street lamp near you looks bigger and brighter than one far away, though both are the same. What does this explain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** street lamp, both, this · **What happens:** look, be, explain

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A street lamp near you looks bigger and brighter than one far away, though both are the same.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:1
# text = A street lamp near you looks bigger and brighter than one far away, though both are the same.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a street lamp near you |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | both |  |  |  |  | same *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does this explain?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:2
# text = What does this explain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Why we have warm summers and cold winters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:o1:1
# text = Why we have warm summers and cold winters
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	summers	summer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we |  |  |  | summer |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Why the Moon seems to change its shape during the month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:o2:1
# text = Why the Moon seems to change its shape during the month
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | the Moon *not said here* | Moon's shape |  |  | month |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Why stars seem to twinkle in the night sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:o3:1
# text = Why stars seem to twinkle in the night sky
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	twinkle	twinkle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | stars |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **twinkle** | to-infinitive | stars *not said here* |  |  | the night sky |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Why the Sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:5-the-sun-and-the-stars:t6:o4:1
# text = Why the Sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the Sun |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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