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title: my mate says the Sun's just a massive bonfire up there. right? — The Sun, our star · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says the Sun's just a massive bonfire up there. right? Test 1 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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 1 · The Sun, our star

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says the Sun's just a massive bonfire up there. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** massive bonfire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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/space/1-the-sun-our-star/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t1:1
# text = my mate says the Sun's just a massive bonfire up there. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | the Sun's massive bonfire |  | there |  | right *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bonfire=Topic |

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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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No, it shines by nuclear fusion, nothing burns with oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t1:o1:1
# text = No, it shines by nuclear fusion, nothing burns with oxygen
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	shines	shine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fusion	fusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | it |  |  |  |  | by nuclear fusion | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fusion=Location |
| 2 | **burn** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  | with oxygen | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with oxygen=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is a mirror reflecting other stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t1:o2:1
# text = No, it is a mirror reflecting other stars
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	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	reflecting	reflect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a mirror |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reflect** | gerund | a mirror *not said here* | other stars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and it will burn out next century

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, and it will burn out next century
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn out** | future | it |  |  |  | century |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it burns just like wood on a fire, only very much bigger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, it burns just like wood on a fire, only very much bigger
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	much	much	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | it | wood |  | a fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

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