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title: Identify the nature of a shooting star. — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the nature of a shooting star. Exam question 1 of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday 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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# Exam question 1 · The night sky and outdoor myths

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Identify the nature of a shooting star.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** nature

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:e1:1
# text = Identify the nature of a shooting star.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nature of a shooting star |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A small piece of space rock burning up high in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:e1:o1:1
# text = A small piece of space rock burning up high in the air
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn up** | gerund | space rock *not said here* |  |  | the air |  | high *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A satellite exploding in orbit high above the atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:e1:o2:1
# text = A satellite exploding in orbit high above the atmosphere
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	exploding	explode	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	orbit	orbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | gerund | a satellite *not said here* |  |  | orbit |  | above the atmosphere; high *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in orbit=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A star falling towards the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:e1:o3:1
# text = A star falling towards the Earth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | a star *not said here* |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards earth=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A spark thrown off from the surface of the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:e1:o4:1
# text = A spark thrown off from the surface of the Moon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw off** | participle |  | a spark *not said here* |  | the surface of the Moon |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from surface=Initial\_Location |

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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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