--- title: If the young Earth had formed out beyond the frost line, what might… — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics description: If the young Earth had formed out beyond the frost line, what might have happened? Test 4 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [How the Solar System was born](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · How the Solar System was born If the young Earth had formed out beyond the frost line, what might have happened? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** young Earth, frost line · **What happens:** form out, happen · **To what, where:** frost line This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t4:1 # text = If the young Earth had formed out beyond the frost line, what might have happened? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form out** | past · perfect | the young Earth | | | the frost line | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond line=Location | | 2 | **happen** | might · perfect | the frost line | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Nothing, every planet ends up the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, every planet ends up the same 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end up** | present | Nothing | the same | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient same=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would have become a star ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t4:o2:1 # text = It would have become a star 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would · perfect | It | a star | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could have grabbed ice as well as rock and grown much bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t4:o3:1 # text = It could have grabbed ice as well as rock and grown much bigger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 9 cc _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 fixed _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 9 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | could · perfect · passive | | It | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary ice=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would have been made only of metal ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t4:o4:1 # text = It would have been made only of metal 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would · perfect · passive | | It | | | | of metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | **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. 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