--- title: Ascertain the remnant of the stellar explosion recorded by Chinese a… — How stars die · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the remnant of the stellar explosion recorded by Chinese astronomers in the year one thousand and fifty-four. Exam question 4 of lesson 19 «How stars die» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/19-how-stars-die/e4/) [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/) / [How stars die](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/19-how-stars-die/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · How stars die Ascertain the remnant of the stellar explosion recorded by Chinese astronomers in the year one thousand and fifty-four. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stellar explosion · **What happens:** ascertain, record · **To what, where:** remnant, one thousand This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «How stars die» 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/19-how-stars-die/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the remnant of the stellar explosion recorded by Chinese astronomers in the year one thousand and fifty-four. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stellar stellar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 explosion explosion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 astronomers astronomer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 compound _ _ 16 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the remnant of the stellar explosion | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Topic | | 2 | **record** | participle | the stellar explosion *not said here* | one thousand | | | year | by Chinese astronomers | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The Crab Nebula ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:e4:o1:1 # text = The Crab Nebula 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Nebula Nebula PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Eagle Nebula ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:e4:o2:1 # text = The Eagle Nebula 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Nebula Nebula PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Pleiades ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:e4:o3:1 # text = The Pleiades 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pleiades Pleiade PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Large Magellanic Cloud ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:e4:o4:1 # text = The Large Magellanic Cloud 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Magellanic Magellanic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Cloud Cloud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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