--- title: Jack says Betelgeuse is gonna blow up tonight, he saw it on TikTok.… — How stars die · tree and pragmatics description: Jack says Betelgeuse is gonna blow up tonight, he saw it on TikTok. what's true? Test 1 · ★★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · How stars die Jack says Betelgeuse is gonna blow up tonight, he saw it on TikTok. what's true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, Betelgeuse · **What happens:** say, be, see · **To what, where:** it, TikTok · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «How stars die» 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/19-how-stars-die/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t1:1 # text = Jack says Betelgeuse is gonna blow up tonight, he saw it on TikTok. what's true? 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Betelgeuse Betelgeuse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 gonna gonna PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 TikTok TikTok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Betelgeuse | | | | tonight | blow *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Betelgeuse | it | | TikTok | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | 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} It is sure to explode tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t1:o1:1 # text = It is sure to explode tonight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **explode** | to-infinitive | | | | | tonight | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It will never explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t1:o2:1 # text = It will never explode 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **explode** | future | It | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It exploded last year ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t1:o3:1 # text = It exploded last year 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exploded explode VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | past | It | | | | year | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It will explode sometime within about 100,000 years; nobody knows when ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t1:o4:1 # text = It will explode sometime within about 100,000 years; nobody knows when 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 sometime sometime ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 5 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 100,000 100000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | future | It | | | | year | sometime *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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