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title: exoplanet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «exoplanet» in the school dictionary: An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# exoplanet

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**Who acts:** exoplanet, planet, Astronomers, exoplanets, telescope · **What happens:** be, go, find, orbit, have, spot · **To what, where:** planet, star, thousands, faraway star, giant balls, life

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«exoplanet» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [exoplanet in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exoplanet.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:m1:1
# text = An exoplanet is a planet that goes around a star other than our Sun.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exoplanet	exoplanet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a exoplanet | a planet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | a planet |  |  | a star | sunday |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around star=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x1:1
# text = Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets.
1	Astronomers	astronomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	exoplanets	exoplanet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · perfect | Astronomers | thousands of exoplanets |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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An exoplanet orbits a faraway star.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x2:1
# text = An exoplanet orbits a faraway star.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exoplanet	exoplanet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	orbits	orbit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **orbit** | present | a exoplanet | a faraway star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Some exoplanets are giant balls of gas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x3:1
# text = Some exoplanets are giant balls of gas.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	exoplanets	exoplanet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | some exoplanets | giant balls |  |  |  | of gas | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Could an exoplanet have life?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x4:1
# text = Could an exoplanet have life?
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	exoplanet	exoplanet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | could | a exoplanet | life |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The telescope spotted an exoplanet by watching its star dim.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x5:1
# text = The telescope spotted an exoplanet by watching its star dim.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exoplanet	exoplanet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | the telescope | a exoplanet |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exoplanet=Destination |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the telescope *not said here* | telescope's star |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The exoplanet is too far away to visit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:exoplanet:x6:1
# text = The exoplanet is too far away to visit.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exoplanet	exoplanet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the exoplanet |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the exoplanet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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