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title: Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter. Why did that upset the old i… — The age of science · tree and pragmatics
description: Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter. Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The age of science

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Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter. Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Galileo, moons, that, everything · **What happens:** see, go, upset, circle · **To what, where:** moons, Jupiter, old idea, Earth

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history 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/history/29-the-age-of-science/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:1
# text = Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter.
1	Galileo	Galileo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Galileo | moons |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | moons *not said here* |  |  | Jupiter |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around jupiter=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:2
# text = Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	upset	upset	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	circles	circle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **upset** | past · do-support | that | the old idea |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus idea=Experiencer |
| 2 | **circle** | present | everything | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Here were things clearly circling something else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:o1:1
# text = Here were things clearly circling something else
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	circling	circle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | past · progressive | things | something |  | here |  | clearly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Jupiter's moons were circling the Earth, like everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:o2:1
# text = Jupiter's moons were circling the Earth, like everything
1	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	circling	circle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | past · progressive | Jupiter's moons | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It had nothing to do with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:o3:1
# text = It had nothing to do with it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | It | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with it | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It proved Jupiter was flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:29-the-age-of-science:t2:o4:1
# text = It proved Jupiter was flat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Jupiter |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | 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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