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title: In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars. What is the… — Stars, planets and constellations in t… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars. What is the best reason? Test 6 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» 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 6 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky

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In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars. What is the best reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, best reason · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** handful, big city

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This is test 6 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» 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/70-the-night-sky/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:1
# text = In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you | a handful of stars |  | a big city | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer handful=Stimulus |

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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 is the best reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:2
# text = What is the best reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The tall buildings block every one of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:o1:1
# text = The tall buildings block every one of them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	block	block	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | the tall buildings | every one of them |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer one=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The city lights make the sky too bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:o2:1
# text = The city lights make the sky too bright
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the city lights | the sky |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sky=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The air above a city has no stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:o3:1
# text = The air above a city has no stars
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	above	above	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the air above a city | no stars |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The warm city air blocks starlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:70-the-night-sky:t6:o4:1
# text = The warm city air blocks starlight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	starlight	starlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | the warm city air | starlight |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer starlight=Theme |

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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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