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title: «a shooting star!! is it gonna hit us and kill us like the dinos» Wh… — The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs di… · tree and pragmatics
description: «a shooting star!! is it gonna hit us and kill us like the dinos» What is right? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

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«a shooting star!! is it gonna hit us and kill us like the dinos» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shooting star · **What happens:** be, kill · **To what, where:** us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology 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/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t3:1
# text = «a shooting star!! is it gonna hit us and kill us like the dinos» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	dep	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dinos	dino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a shooting star |  |  |  |  | hit *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | a shooting star *not said here* | us |  |  |  | like the dinos | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, every shooting star hits the ground somewhere near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, every shooting star hits the ground somewhere near
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	near	near	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | every shooting star | the ground |  |  |  | near *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, that is just how the dinosaurs saw theirs coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, that is just how the dinosaurs saw theirs coming
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	theirs	their	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | the dinosaurs | theirs *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | theirs *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it is a star moving house to another part of the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t3:o3:1
# text = No, it is a star moving house to another part of the sky
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a star *not said here* | house |  | another part of the sky |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent house=Theme to part=Trajectory |

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

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No, it is a speck of dust burning up high in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t3:o4:1
# text = No, it is a speck of dust burning up high in the air
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	speck	speck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a speck |  |  |  | of dust | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn up** | gerund | a speck *not said here* |  |  | the air |  | high *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

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