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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · How the Solar System was born

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, prevail, account · **To what, where:** prevailing account, origin

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **prevail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | the origin of the Moon |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Debris from a collision of a Mars-sized body with the Earth coalesced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e3:o1:1
# text = Debris from a collision of a Mars-sized body with the Earth coalesced
1	Debris	debris	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	coalesced	coalesce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **coalesce** | past | Debris from a collision of a sized body with the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **collide** |  | a sized body with the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | nom collision «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Moon was detached from the Sun in its infancy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e3:o2:1
# text = The Moon was detached from the Sun in its infancy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	detached	detach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	infancy	infancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detach** | past · passive |  | the Moon |  |  |  | in Moon's infancy; from the Sun | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from sun=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Moon was captured intact from the asteroid belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e3:o3:1
# text = The Moon was captured intact from the asteroid belt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	intact	intact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | past · passive |  | the Moon |  | the asteroid belt |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary intact=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Moon was formed subsequent to the appearance of life upon the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:e3:o4:1
# text = The Moon was formed subsequent to the appearance of life upon the Earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | past · passive |  | the Moon | the appearance of life upon the Earth |  |  | subsequent *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to appearance=Recipient |

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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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