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title: Why was the Winchcombe meteorite so valuable to scientists? — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the Winchcombe meteorite so valuable to scientists? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars

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Why was the Winchcombe meteorite so valuable to scientists?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Winchcombe meteorite

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t9:1
# text = Why was the Winchcombe meteorite so valuable to scientists?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Winchcombe	Winchcombe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Winchcombe meteorite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It came all the way from another galaxy far from ours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t9:o1:1
# text = It came all the way from another galaxy far from ours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | It | all way |  | another galaxy |  | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from galaxy=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It was the biggest meteorite that anyone has ever found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t9:o2:1
# text = It was the biggest meteorite that anyone has ever found
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the biggest meteorite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | the biggest meteorite |  |  | ever |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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

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It was found within hours, so it was very fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t9:o3:1
# text = It was found within hours, so it was very fresh
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | It |  |  | hour |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | fresh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was made of solid gold, right the way through it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:16-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars:t9:o4:1
# text = It was made of solid gold, right the way through it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of solid gold; the way through way *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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