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title: saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics
description: saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling Test 9 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

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saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** star · **What happens:** see, be, fall · **To what, where:** shooting star, star

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t9:1
# text = saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling
1	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
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	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past |  | a shooting star |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund | a star *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's a star dying n falling to bits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's a star dying n falling to bits
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	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	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	n	n	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | gerund | a star *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund | a star *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bits | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bit=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's a bit of space rock burning up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t9:o2:1
# text = No, it's a bit of space rock burning up
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	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	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a bit |  |  |  | of space rock | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn up** | gerund | a bit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's an aeroplane light flashing as it flies past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t9:o3:1
# text = It's an aeroplane light flashing as it flies past
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	flashing	flash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	past	past	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a aeroplane light |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flash** | gerund | a aeroplane light *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fly** | present | light |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a whole star just fell out of the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, a whole star just fell out of the sky
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a whole star |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out sky=Location |

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