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title: Ascertain the locations within which the formation of stars takes pl… — How stars live · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the locations within which the formation of stars takes place. Exam question 4 of lesson 18 «How stars live» 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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# Exam question 4 · How stars live

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Ascertain the locations within which the formation of stars takes place.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, formation · **What happens:** ascertain, take · **To what, where:** locations, place

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «How stars live» 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/18-how-stars-live/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the locations within which the formation of stars takes place.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	locations	location	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the locations |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present | the formation of stars | place |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Cold clouds of gas and dust designated nebulae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:e4:o1:1
# text = Cold clouds of gas and dust designated nebulae
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	nebulae	nebula	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cloud** |  |  | gas and dust |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The interiors of planets, beneath their rocky surfaces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:e4:o2:1
# text = The interiors of planets, beneath their rocky surfaces
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interiors	interior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	surfaces	surface	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The surfaces of comets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:e4:o3:1
# text = The surfaces of comets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	surfaces	surface	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	comets	comet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cores of existing stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:e4:o4:1
# text = The cores of existing stars
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cores	core	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	existing	exist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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