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title: Why could Galileo see only four of Jupiter's moons? — Jupiter's moons · tree and pragmatics
description: Why could Galileo see only four of Jupiter's moons? Test 11 of lesson 11 «Jupiter's moons» 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 11 · Jupiter's moons

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Why could Galileo see only four of Jupiter's moons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Galileo · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** four

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This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Jupiter's moons» 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/11-jupiters-moons/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t11:1
# text = Why could Galileo see only four of Jupiter's moons?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Galileo	Galileo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | Galileo | four of Jupiter's moons |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer four=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The others are tiny and far too faint for his telescope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t11:o1:1
# text = The others are tiny and far too faint for his telescope
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the others |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the others *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for his telescope; far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The others hide behind Jupiter all the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t11:o2:1
# text = The others hide behind Jupiter all the time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | the others |  |  | Jupiter | time |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind jupiter=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The other moons appeared after his death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t11:o3:1
# text = The other moons appeared after his death
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | the other moons |  |  |  | after his death |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **die** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jupiter had only four moons in 1610

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t11:o4:1
# text = Jupiter had only four moons in 1610
1	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1610	1610	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Jupiter | four moons |  | 1610 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient |

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