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title: Lots of shooting stars tonight! What are they really? — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics
description: Lots of shooting stars tonight! What are they really? Test 5 · ★★ 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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# Test 5 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

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Lots of shooting stars tonight! What are they really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stars · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lots of shooting stars tonight!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:1
# text = Lots of shooting stars tonight!
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* What are they really?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:2
# text = What are they really?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | stars *= star* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Aeroplanes and satellites with bright flashing lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:o1:1
# text = Aeroplanes and satellites with bright flashing lights
1	Aeroplanes	aeroplane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	flashing	flashing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Little pieces of the Moon breaking off and falling to us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:o2:1
# text = Little pieces of the Moon breaking off and falling to us
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break off** | gerund | Little pieces of the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund | Little pieces of the Moon *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to we=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real stars falling right out of the sky and going out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:o3:1
# text = Real stars falling right out of the sky and going out
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | Real stars |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out sky=Location |
| 2 | **go out** | gerund | Real stars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Meteors, small space rocks burning up in our air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t5:o4:1
# text = Meteors, small space rocks burning up in our air
1	Meteors	meteor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn up** | gerund | small space rocks *not said here* |  |  | our air |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

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