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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the nature of so-called shooting stars. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the nature of so-called shooting stars.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, call · **To what, where:** response, nature, shooting stars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» of the space 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/space/16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e2:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the nature of so-called shooting stars.
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	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
18	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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* | the nature of shooting stars |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nature=Experiencer |
| 5 | **call** | participle |  | shooting stars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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They are stars descending towards the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e2:o1:1
# text = They are stars descending towards the Earth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	descending	descend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | stars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **descend** | gerund | stars *not said here* |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards earth=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are reflections of moonlight upon clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e2:o2:1
# text = They are reflections of moonlight upon clouds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	reflections	reflection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | reflections |  |  |  | of moonlight; upon clouds | tree rules |

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

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They are small particles of rock or dust incinerated in the atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e2:o3:1
# text = They are small particles of rock or dust incinerated in the atmosphere
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	particles	particle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	incinerated	incinerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
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	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | small particles |  |  |  | of rock or dust | tree rules |
| 2 | **incinerate** | participle |  | small particles *not said here* |  | the atmosphere |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are distant stars undergoing explosion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e2:o4:1
# text = They are distant stars undergoing explosion
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	undergoing	undergo	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | distant stars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **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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