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title: my dad looked through his telescope in 2025 and said Saturn had lost… — Saturn and its rings · tree and pragmatics
description: my dad looked through his telescope in 2025 and said Saturn had lost its rings. bloody hell, have they gone?? Test 3 · ★ 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 rig
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# Test 3 · ★ · Saturn and its rings

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my dad looked through his telescope in 2025 and said Saturn had lost its rings. bloody hell, have they gone??

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, Saturn, rings · **What happens:** look, say, lose, have, go · **To what, where:** rings · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t3:1
# text = my dad looked through his telescope in 2025 and said Saturn had lost its rings. bloody hell, have they gone??
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
17	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | my dad |  |  |  |  | in 2025; through dad's telescope | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through telescope=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **lose** | past · perfect | Saturn | telescope's rings |  |  |  | bloody hell *obl:unmarked* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality |
| 4 | **have** | present | my dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | participle | rings *= ring* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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No, a moon was blocking the view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t3:o1:1
# text = No, a moon was blocking the view
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | past · progressive | a moon | the view |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer view=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they fell into Saturn that year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, they fell into Saturn that year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | they |  |  |  | year | into Saturn *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into saturn=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a comet smashed them to bits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, a comet smashed them to bits
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | past | a comet | them *= they* |  | bits |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bit=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, they were edge-on to us and too thin to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:t3:o4:1
# text = No, they were edge-on to us and too thin to see
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	on	on	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | edge on | us |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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