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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meteorite? Exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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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# Exam question 3 · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meteorite?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** meteorite

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meteorite?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a meteorite |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An icy body possessing an extended tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e3:o1:1
# text = An icy body possessing an extended tail
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	extended	extended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | gerund | a icy body *not said here* | a extended tail |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tail=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A fragment of extraterrestrial rock recovered upon the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e3:o2:1
# text = A fragment of extraterrestrial rock recovered upon the ground
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	extraterrestrial	extraterrestrial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | past | a fragment of extraterrestrial rock |  |  |  |  | upon the ground | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The luminous trail produced in the upper atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e3:o3:1
# text = The luminous trail produced in the upper atmosphere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	luminous	luminous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | participle |  | the luminous trail *not said here* |  | the upper atmosphere |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A small rocky body orbiting the Sun within the asteroid belt for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e3:o4:1
# text = A small rocky body orbiting the Sun within the asteroid belt for ever
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	orbiting	orbit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **orbit** | gerund | a small rocky body *not said here* | the Sun |  |  |  | within the asteroid belt | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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