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# Exam question 3 · The Moon, the planets and the stars

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon commonly termed a shooting star.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, phenomenon · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, term · **To what, where:** response, shooting star

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» of the myths 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/myths/14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon commonly termed a shooting star.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **term** | past | the phenomenon | a shooting star |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=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}

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Stars detached from their fixed positions in the sky and falling to Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e3:o1:1
# text = Stars detached from their fixed positions in the sky and falling to Earth
1	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	detached	detach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	positions	position	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detach** | participle |  | Stars *not said here* |  |  |  | from Stars's fixed positions in the sky | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent from position=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund |  |  | Earth |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to earth=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Light reflected from artificial satellites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e3:o2:1
# text = Light reflected from artificial satellites
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | past | Light |  |  | artificial satellites |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Small fragments of rock and dust consumed by heat in the atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e3:o3:1
# text = Small fragments of rock and dust consumed by heat in the atmosphere
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | participle |  | Small fragments of rock and dust *not said here* |  | the atmosphere |  | by heat | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Distant stars undergoing explosion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e3:o4:1
# text = Distant stars undergoing explosion
1	Distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	undergoing	undergo	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undergo** | gerund | Distant stars *not said here* | explosion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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