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title: If Saturn's tiny shepherd moons vanished, what would most likely hap… — Saturn's moons · tree and pragmatics
description: If Saturn's tiny shepherd moons vanished, what would most likely happen to the narrow F ring? Test 4 of lesson 13 «Saturn'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 4 · Saturn's moons

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If Saturn's tiny shepherd moons vanished, what would most likely happen to the narrow F ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tiny shepherd moons · **What happens:** vanish, happen

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This is test 4 of lesson 13 «Saturn'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/13-saturns-moons/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:t4:1
# text = If Saturn's tiny shepherd moons vanished, what would most likely happen to the narrow F ring?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	F	f	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | Saturn's tiny shepherd moons |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to the narrow F ring; likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would spread out and lose its sharp edges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:t4:o1:1
# text = It would spread out and lose its sharp edges
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread out** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive |  | its sharp edges |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would fall into Titan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:t4:o2:1
# text = It would fall into Titan
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Titan	Titan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would become a new moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:t4:o3:1
# text = It would become a new moon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | It | a new moon |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It would turn into liquid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:t4:o4:1
# text = It would turn into liquid
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | liquid |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into liquid=Trajectory |

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