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description: Identify the material from which the Solar System is understood to have formed. Exam question 1 of lesson 2 «How the Solar System was born» 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 · How the Solar System was born

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Identify the material from which the Solar System is understood to have formed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, understand, form · **To what, where:** material, Solar System

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «How the Solar System was born» 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/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e1:1
# text = Identify the material from which the Solar System is understood to have formed.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Solar	Solar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	System	System	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 material |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme |
| 2 | **understand** | present · passive |  | the Solar System |  | the material |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **form** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A collapsing cloud of gas and dust designated the solar nebula

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e1:o1:1
# text = A collapsing cloud of gas and dust designated the solar nebula
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	collapsing	collapse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	nebula	nebula	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collapse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **designate** | past | a collapsing cloud of gas and dust | the solar nebula |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nebula=Theme |
| 3 | **cloud** |  |  | gas and dust |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A great quantity of water ejected by a distant star into empty space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e1:o2:1
# text = A great quantity of water ejected by a distant star into empty space
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	ejected	eject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eject** | participle |  | a great quantity of water *not said here* |  | empty space |  | by a distant star | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The debris of a planet destroyed by the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e1:o3:1
# text = The debris of a planet destroyed by the Sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	debris	debris	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | participle |  | the debris of a planet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fragments of the Moon dispersed by an impact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e1:o4:1
# text = Fragments of the Moon dispersed by an impact
1	Fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	dispersed	disperse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	impact	impact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disperse** | participle | Fragments of the Moon |  |  |  |  | by a impact | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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