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title: A teacher says "we are made of star stuff". What does that mean? — How stars live · tree and pragmatics
description: A teacher says "we are made of star stuff". What does that mean? Test 5 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · How stars live

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A teacher says "we are made of star stuff". What does that mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, that · **What happens:** say, make, mean · **To what, where:** we · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A teacher says "we are made of star stuff".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:1
# text = A teacher says "we are made of star stuff".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | of star stuff | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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 does that mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:2
# text = What does that mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	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 | **mean** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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We glow in the dark like stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:o1:1
# text = We glow in the dark like stars
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | We |  |  | the dark |  | like stars | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People came to the Earth from other stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:o2:1
# text = People came to the Earth from other stars
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | People |  |  | other stars |  | to the Earth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location from star=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People first came to the Earth from planets around other stars long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:o3:1
# text = People first came to the Earth from planets around other stars long ago
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | People |  |  | planets |  | to the Earth; around other stars; ago, first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location from planet=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Much of the carbon and oxygen in us was made inside earlier stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:18-how-stars-live:t5:o4:1
# text = Much of the carbon and oxygen in us was made inside earlier stars
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Much of the carbon in us and oxygen |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary star=Product |

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