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title: My little brother thinks Saturn's rings are like a hard plastic hoop… — Saturn and its rings · tree and pragmatics
description: My little brother thinks Saturn's rings are like a hard plastic hoop you could walk on. What is the truth? Test 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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# Test 1 · ★ · Saturn and its rings

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My little brother thinks Saturn's rings are like a hard plastic hoop you could walk on. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, rings, you, truth · **What happens:** think, be, walk on · **To what, where:** hard plastic hoop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» 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/12-saturn-and-its-rings/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My little brother thinks Saturn's rings are like a hard plastic hoop you could walk on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:1
# text = My little brother thinks Saturn's rings are like a hard plastic hoop you could walk on.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | My little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saturn's rings |  |  |  |  | like a hard plastic hoop | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk on** | could | you | a hard plastic hoop *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hoop=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are just light, with nothing there at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:o1:1
# text = They are just light, with nothing there at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are one solid ring of rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:o2:1
# text = They are one solid ring of rock
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	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 | They | one solid ring |  |  |  | of rock | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are separate chunks of ice each orbiting Saturn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:o3:1
# text = They are separate chunks of ice each orbiting Saturn
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	orbiting	orbit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | separate chunks |  |  |  | of ice | tree rules |
| 2 | **orbit** | gerund | each | Saturn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are a hoop of frozen gas you could skate on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t1:o4:1
# text = They are a hoop of frozen gas you could skate on
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hoop	hoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	skate	skate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a hoop |  |  |  | of frozen gas | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **skate on** | could | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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