--- title: Which evidence from meteorites helps date the Solar System? — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics description: Which evidence from meteorites helps date the Solar System? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · How the Solar System was born Which evidence from meteorites helps date the Solar System? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** evidence · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** date This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t5:1 # text = Which evidence from meteorites helps date the Solar System? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 meteorites meteorite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Solar Solar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 System System PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | which evidence from meteorites | date | | | | | tree rules | 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} They carry written messages from the past ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t5:o1:1 # text = They carry written messages from the past 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | They | written messages | | the past | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent message=Theme from past=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are always still warm when they land ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t5:o2:1 # text = They are always still warm when they land 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 land land VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | still | always, warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **land** | present | they | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They have tree rings inside them ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t5:o3:1 # text = They have tree rings inside them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 inside inside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | tree rings | | | | inside rings *= ring* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Their oldest solid bits contain radioactive atoms that act like a clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t5:o4:1 # text = Their oldest solid bits contain radioactive atoms that act like a clock 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 3 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 contain contain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 radioactive radioactive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 atoms atom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 act act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | Their oldest solid bits | radioactive atoms | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot atom=Theme | | 2 | **act** | present | radioactive atoms | | | | | like a clock | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like clock=Attribute | **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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