--- title: Is there no gravity in space, like my cousin says? — The Moon, the planets and the pull tha… · tree and pragmatics description: Is there no gravity in space, like my cousin says? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [The Moon, the planets and the pull tha…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them Is there no gravity in space, like my cousin says? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** gravity, space · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» of the physics 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/physics/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t1:1 # text = Is there no gravity in space, like my cousin says? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 like like SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | no gravity | | space | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} Right, gravity only works on the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t1:o1:1 # text = Right, gravity only works on the ground 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | gravity | | | | | on the ground | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on ground=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Right, gravity stops where the air stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t1:o2:1 # text = Right, gravity stops where the air stops 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | gravity | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **stop** | present | the air | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} There is; astronauts float because they fall together ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t1:o3:1 # text = There is; astronauts float because they fall together 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 astronauts astronaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **float** | present | astronauts | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fall together** | present | astronauts *= astronaut* | | | | | together *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} There is, but only near the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t1:o4:1 # text = There is, but only near the Sun 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | | | | the Sun; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near sun=Location | **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. 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