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title: bloody hell, my gold ring was made by crashing stars?? — How stars die · tree and pragmatics
description: bloody hell, my gold ring was made by crashing stars?? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · How stars die

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bloody hell, my gold ring was made by crashing stars??

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bloody hell · **What happens:** make, crash · **To what, where:** gold ring, stars

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t6:1
# text = bloody hell, my gold ring was made by crashing stars??
1	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | bloody hell *not said here* | my gold ring |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **crash** | gerund | bloody hell *not said here* | stars |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, gold is made by the Sun every day and falls to the Earth as dust

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t6:o1:1
# text = No, gold is made by the Sun every day and falls to the Earth as dust
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | the Sun | gold |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
| 2 | **fall** | present | the Sun *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Earth; as dust | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to earth=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, all gold is made slowly in the Earth's rocks by heat and pressure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t6:o2:1
# text = No, all gold is made slowly in the Earth's rocks by heat and pressure
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | heat and pressure | all gold |  | the Earth's rocks |  | slowly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only the gold that is found on the Moon, not on the Earth

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only the gold that is found on the Moon, not on the Earth
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | the gold |  | the Moon and the Earth |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Much gold is thought to come from neutron stars crashing together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:19-how-stars-die:t6:o4:1
# text = Much gold is thought to come from neutron stars crashing together
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	neutron	neutron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Much gold |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | neutron stars |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from star=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **crash** | gerund | neutron stars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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