Test 2 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

mate says the southern sky has a south pole star like Polaris. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, southern sky · What happens: say, have · To what, where: south pole star · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 21 «The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sky	det
4	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sky	amod
5	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 star	det
8	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 star	amod
9	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 star	compound
10	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 Polaris	case
12	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 star	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	the southern sky	a south pole star				like Polaris	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient

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

Yes, it's in the middle of the Southern Cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 middle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 middle	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 middle	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Cross	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Cross	det
10	Southern	Southern	PROPN	_	11 Cross	flat
11	Cross	Cross	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			the middle		of the Southern Cross	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's called Antares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 called	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	Antares	Antares	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it's the brightest star in the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 star	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 star	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 star	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 star	det
6	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 star	amod
7	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sky	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 star	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the brightest star		the sky			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, there's no bright south pole star

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 's	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 's	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 's	expl
4	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 star	det
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 star	amod
7	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 star	amod
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 star	compound
9	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 's	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no bright south pole star			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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