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title: The Sun has shone for billions of years. Will it go out tomorrow? — Fuels, the Sun and saving energy · tree and pragmatics
description: The Sun has shone for billions of years. Will it go out tomorrow? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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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# Test 10 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

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The Sun has shone for billions of years. Will it go out tomorrow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** shine, go out · **To what, where:** Sun

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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/physics/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Sun has shone for billions of years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:1
# text = The Sun has shone for billions of years.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	billions	billion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present · perfect · passive |  | the Sun |  |  |  | for billions of years | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Will it go out tomorrow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:2
# text = Will it go out tomorrow?
1	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | future | Sun |  |  |  | tomorrow | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it is nearly out of coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is nearly out of coal
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | coal |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it goes out every hundred years and lights up again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, it goes out every hundred years and lights up again
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present | it |  |  |  | year |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **light up** | present |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody has any idea at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:o3:1
# text = Nobody has any idea at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nobody | any idea |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |

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

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No, it has fuel for about another five billion years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t10:o4:1
# text = No, it has fuel for about another five billion years
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	_
10	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | it | fuel |  |  | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Patient |

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