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# Exam question 2 · The Moon, the planets and the stars

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Identify the planet of the solar system possessing the highest surface temperature, together with the reason.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, solar system · **What happens:** identify, possess · **To what, where:** planet, highest surface temperature

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» of the myths 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/myths/14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e2:1
# text = Identify the planet of the solar system possessing the highest surface temperature, together with the reason.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the planet of the solar system |  |  |  | with the reason; together *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent planet=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | the solar system *not said here* | the highest surface temperature |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot temperature=Theme |

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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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Venus, owing to its dense atmosphere which retains heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e2:o1:1
# text = Venus, owing to its dense atmosphere which retains heat
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | Venus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to its dense atmosphere *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to atmosphere=Goal |
| 2 | **retain** | present | its dense atmosphere | heat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mercury, owing to its proximity to the Sun, the source of heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e2:o2:1
# text = Mercury, owing to its proximity to the Sun, the source of heat
1	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | Mercury *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to its proximity *goal*; to the Sun | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to proximity=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mars, owing to its red colouration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e2:o3:1
# text = Mars, owing to its red colouration
1	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colouration	colouration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | Mars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to its red colouration *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to colouration=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jupiter, owing to its great size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:e2:o4:1
# text = Jupiter, owing to its great size
1	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | Jupiter |  |  |  |  | to its great size *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to size=Goal |

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