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title: A lump of rock is glowing across the sky. Ten seconds later a piece… — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: A lump of rock is glowing across the sky. Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field. Name the two stages. Test 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 option; Mova's cho
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# Test 3 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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A lump of rock is glowing across the sky. Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field. Name the two stages.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lump, piece, you · **What happens:** glow, land, name · **To what, where:** sky, field, two stages

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This is test 3 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» 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/16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A lump of rock is glowing across the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:1
# text = A lump of rock is glowing across the sky.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present · progressive | a lump of rock |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:2
# text = Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field.
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | a piece |  |  | a field |  | late *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in field=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* Name the two stages.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:3
# text = Name the two stages.
1	Name	name	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	stages	stage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | imperative | you *not said here* | the two stages |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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First a meteor, then a meteorite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:o1:1
# text = First a meteor, then a meteorite
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meteor	meteor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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First a meteoroid, then a comet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:o2:1
# text = First a meteoroid, then a comet
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meteoroid	meteoroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
First a meteorite, then a meteor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:o3:1
# text = First a meteorite, then a meteor
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meteor	meteor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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First a comet, then a star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t3:o4:1
# text = First a comet, then a star
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

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