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title: ugh another asteroid is gonna kill us all next week says the news. w… — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh another asteroid is gonna kill us all next week says the news. what's the real story? Test 11 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ugh another asteroid is gonna kill us all next week says the news. what's the real story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** asteroid, next week · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** news, real story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t11:1
# text = ugh another asteroid is gonna kill us all next week says the news. what's the real story?
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	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	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | another asteroid |  |  |  |  | kill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | all next week | the news |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent news=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the real story |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Astronomers track tens of thousands of near-Earth objects; a scary headline is not the same as a real threat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t11:o1:1
# text = Astronomers track tens of thousands of near-Earth objects; a scary headline is not the same as a real threat
1	Astronomers	astronomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	track	track	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **track** | present | Astronomers | tens of thousands of Earth objects |  |  |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a scary headline |  |  |  |  | as a real threat; same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, one hits every week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, one hits every week
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | one |  |  |  | week |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody watches for asteroids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t11:o3:1
# text = Nobody watches for asteroids
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watches	watch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  | for asteroids | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for asteroid=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Asteroids never come near the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t11:o4:1
# text = Asteroids never come near the Earth
1	Asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | present | Asteroids |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near earth=Location |

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