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title: A telescope photo shows dark dusty columns with glowing spots inside… — How stars live · tree and pragmatics
description: A telescope photo shows dark dusty columns with glowing spots inside. What is probably going on? Test 3 · ★★ 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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# Test 3 · ★★ · How stars live

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A telescope photo shows dark dusty columns with glowing spots inside. What is probably going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** telescope photo · **What happens:** show, glow, go on · **To what, where:** dark dusty columns

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 18 «How stars live» 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/18-how-stars-live/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A telescope photo shows dark dusty columns with glowing spots inside.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:1
# text = A telescope photo shows dark dusty columns with glowing spots inside.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	columns	column	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a telescope photo | dark dusty columns |  |  |  | with glowing spots | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent column=Recipient |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What is probably going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:2
# text = What is probably going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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New stars are forming in a nebula

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:o1:1
# text = New stars are forming in a nebula
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nebula	nebula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present · progressive | New stars |  |  | a nebula |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nebula=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A black hole is swallowing a galaxy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:o2:1
# text = A black hole is swallowing a galaxy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · progressive | a black hole | a galaxy |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent galaxy=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A star is being eaten by a planet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:o3:1
# text = A star is being eaten by a planet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive | a planet | a star |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Comets are crashing together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t3:o4:1
# text = Comets are crashing together
1	Comets	comet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | present · progressive | Comets |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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