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title: State the term employed to denote the point in the sky from which th… — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: State the term employed to denote the point in the sky from which the meteors of a shower appear to originate. Exam question 3 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 optio
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# Exam question 3 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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State the term employed to denote the point in the sky from which the meteors of a shower appear to originate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, meteors · **What happens:** employ, denote, appear, originate · **To what, where:** point, sky

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e3:1
# text = State the term employed to denote the point in the sky from which the meteors of a shower appear to originate.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	denote	denote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	meteors	meteor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	shower	shower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	originate	originate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past | the term |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **denote** | to-infinitive | the term *not said here* | the point |  |  |  | in the sky | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot point=Theme in sky=Attribute |
| 3 | **appear** | present | the meteors of a shower |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **originate** | to-infinitive | the meteors of a shower *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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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The zenith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e3:o1:1
# text = The zenith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zenith	zenith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The horizon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e3:o2:1
# text = The horizon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The equinox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e3:o3:1
# text = The equinox
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	equinox	equinox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The radiant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:e3:o4:1
# text = The radiant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radiant	radiant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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