--- title: what makes the sun shine, is it like a massive bonfire — Stars: what they are · tree and pragmatics description: what makes the sun shine, is it like a massive bonfire Test 9 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/17-stars-what-they-are/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Stars: what they are](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/17-stars-what-they-are/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Stars: what they are what makes the sun shine, is it like a massive bonfire **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** sun shine, shine This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» 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/17-stars-what-they-are/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t9:1 # text = what makes the sun shine, is it like a massive bonfire 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 shine shine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | the sun shine | | | | like a massive bonfire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material shine=Product | | 2 | **is a** | present | | shine | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yes, it burns coal and wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, it burns coal and wood 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present | it | coal and wood | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coal=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it burns oxygen like a candle ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, it burns oxygen like a candle 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present | it | oxygen | | | | like a candle | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, hydrogen is squeezed into helium in its core ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t9:o3:1 # text = No, hydrogen is squeezed into helium in its core 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 hydrogen hydrogen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 squeezed squeeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 helium helium NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 core core NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present · passive | | hydrogen | | helium | | in hydrogen's core | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into helium=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it reflects the light that comes from other stars ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t9:o4:1 # text = No, it reflects the light that comes from other stars 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reflects reflect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reflect** | present | it | the light | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | the light | | | other stars | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from star=Initial\_Location | **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. 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