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description: why are the planets all going the same way round, did someone line em up or what Test 11 · ★ 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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# Test 11 · ★ · How the Solar System was born

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why are the planets all going the same way round, did someone line em up or what

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** planets, someone · **What happens:** go, line up · **To what, where:** same way, em

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «How the Solar System was born» 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/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t11:1
# text = why are the planets all going the same way round, did someone line em up or what
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
14	line	line	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | the planets | the same way |  |  |  | all, round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **line up** | past · do-support | someone | em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They inherited the spin of the cloud they formed from

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t11:o1:1
# text = They inherited the spin of the cloud they formed from
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inherited	inherit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spin	spin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inherit** | past | They | the spin of the cloud |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spin=Theme |
| 2 | **form** | past | they | the cloud *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cloud=Theme |
| 3 | **spin** |  |  | the cloud |  |  |  |  | nom spin «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a passing star lined them up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, a passing star lined them up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lined	line	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **line up** | past | a passing star | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chase each other round and round, pulled by magnetism

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t11:o3:1
# text = They chase each other round and round, pulled by magnetism
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	magnetism	magnetism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | They | each |  |  |  | round *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are pulled along by the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t11:o4:1
# text = They are pulled along by the Moon
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present · passive | the Moon | They |  |  |  | along *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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