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title: You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus. What did you s… — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus. What did you see? Test 7 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 choice was right.
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# Test 7 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus. What did you see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** hear, see · **To what, where:** boom, meteor

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:1
# text = You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meteor	meteor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | You | a boom |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boom=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | You *not said here* | a meteor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meteor=Stimulus |

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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:* What did you see?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:2
# text = What did you see?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

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

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A fireball, made by a larger lump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:o1:1
# text = A fireball, made by a larger lump
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fireball	fireball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a fireball *not said here* |  |  |  | by a larger lump | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An ordinary tiny shooting star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:o2:1
# text = An ordinary tiny shooting star
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	star	star	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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A star exploding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:o3:1
# text = A star exploding
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	exploding	explode	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | gerund | a star *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A plane breaking the sound barrier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t7:o4:1
# text = A plane breaking the sound barrier
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund | a plane *not said here* | the sound barrier |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barrier=Patient |

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