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title: Identify the principal constituent of the material composing the rin… — Saturn and its rings · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal constituent of the material composing the rings of Saturn. Exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Saturn and its rings

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Identify the principal constituent of the material composing the rings of Saturn.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, material · **What happens:** identify, compose · **To what, where:** principal constituent, rings

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» of the space 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/space/12-saturn-and-its-rings/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal constituent of the material composing the rings of Saturn.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	constituent	constituent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	composing	compose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 principal constituent of the material |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent constituent=Theme |
| 2 | **compose** | gerund | the material *not said here* | the rings of Saturn |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Result |

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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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Water ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e1:o1:1
# text = Water ice
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Incandescent gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e1:o2:1
# text = Incandescent gas
1	Incandescent	incandescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Molten iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e1:o3:1
# text = Molten iron
1	Molten	molten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Solid granite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e1:o4:1
# text = Solid granite
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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