Test 5 · ★ · Stars: what they are

are you thick or what, Sirius is obviously the closest star cos it's brightest. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Sirius, star · What happens: be · To what, where: closest star

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» of the space 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thick	cop
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 thick	nsubj
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 what	cc
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 thick	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 star	punct
7	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 star	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 star	cop
9	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	12 star	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 star	det
11	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 star	amod
12	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 what	appos
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 brightest	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 brightest	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 brightest	cop
16	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 star	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thick	punct
18	right	right	INTJ	_	3 thick	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	you		thick property	tree rules
2	is a	present	Sirius	the closest star	obviously property	tree rules
3	is	present	star		bright 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.

The options

Option 1

No, Sirius is not a star but a planet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 star	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 star	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 star	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 star	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 star	det
7	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 planet	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 planet	det
10	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 star	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Sirius	a star but a planet					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, Sirius is closer than the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 closer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Sirius	Sirius	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 closer	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 closer	cop
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 closer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sirius					than the Sun; close property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it is bright because it is powerful and fairly near; the Sun and others are closer

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 bright	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bright	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bright	cop
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 powerful	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 powerful	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 powerful	cop
9	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bright	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 near	cc
11	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	12 near	advmod
12	near	near	ADV	_	9 powerful	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 Sun	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Sun	det
15	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 closer	nsubj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 others	cc
17	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Sun	conj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 closer	cop
19	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 bright	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	bright property	tree rules
2	is	present	it	powerful property	tree rules
3	is	present	the Sun and others	close property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, the brightest star is always the closest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 closest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 star	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 closest	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 closest	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 closest	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 closest	det
9	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the brightest star					always, close property	tree rules

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