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title: A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land.… — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics
description: A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land. What part of the real story is like that? Test 6 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · How the Solar System was born

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A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land. What part of the real story is like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** game, fog, part · **What happens:** start, fill in, be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:1
# text = A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | a game |  |  |  |  | as a empty map of fog | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fill in** | present | fog |  |  |  |  | with land; slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with land=Instrument |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What part of the real story is like that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:2
# text = What part of the real story is like that?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | what part of the real story |  |  |  |  | like that | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dust and gas slowly clumping into planets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:o1:1
# text = Dust and gas slowly clumping into planets
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	clumping	clump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clump** | gerund | Dust and gas *not said here* |  |  | planets |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into planet=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sun suddenly exploding into a bright flash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:o2:1
# text = The Sun suddenly exploding into a bright flash
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	exploding	explode	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | gerund | the Sun |  |  | a bright flash |  | suddenly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Earth being carved out of the Moon by a giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:o3:1
# text = Earth being carved out of the Moon by a giant
1	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve out** | gerund · passive |  | Earth |  | the Moon |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary moon=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The planets being made all at once, in one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t6:o4:1
# text = The planets being made all at once, in one day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund · passive |  | the planets |  |  | day | once *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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