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title: why would anyone send a probe all the way to Europa, it's just ice i… — Jupiter's moons · tree and pragmatics
description: why would anyone send a probe all the way to Europa, it's just ice innit Test 3 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 3 · Jupiter's moons

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why would anyone send a probe all the way to Europa, it's just ice innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** anyone, probe · **What happens:** send, be · **To what, where:** probe, ice innit

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t3:1
# text = why would anyone send a probe all the way to Europa, it's just ice innit
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	probe	probe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | would | anyone | a probe |  |  |  | all way to Europa *obl:unmarked* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent probe=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | probe | ice innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It is made of gold under the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t3:o1:1
# text = It is made of gold under the ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | It |  | the ice |  | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its ice may hide a huge ocean that could support life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t3:o2:1
# text = Its ice may hide a huge ocean that could support life
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | may | Its ice | a huge ocean |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |
| 2 | **support** | could | a huge ocean | life |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the closest moon to the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t3:o3:1
# text = It is the closest moon to the Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the closest moon |  |  |  | to the Earth | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It has the most volcanoes in the Solar System

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:11-jupiters-moons:t3:o4:1
# text = It has the most volcanoes in the Solar System
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Solar	Solar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	System	System	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | the most volcanoes |  | the Solar System |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volcano=Patient |

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