--- title: Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." W… — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics description: Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." What do most scientists actually think? Test 8 · ★ 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 wa --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · How the Solar System was born Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." What do most scientists actually think? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Moon, Jake, most scientists · **What happens:** capture, be, know, think · **To what, where:** captured asteroid, that This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:1 # text = Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **capture** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Moon | a captured asteroid | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Jake | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What do most scientists actually think? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:2 # text = What do most scientists actually think? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | most scientists | | | | | actually *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It probably formed from debris after Theia hit the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:o1:1 # text = It probably formed from debris after Theia hit the Earth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 probably probably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 debris debris NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Theia Theia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | past | It | | | debris | | probably *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hit** | past | Theia | the Earth | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is right, it is a captured asteroid ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:o2:1 # text = He is right, it is a captured asteroid 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **capture** | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | a captured asteroid | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was made by the Sun splitting in half ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:o3:1 # text = It was made by the Sun splitting in half 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | the Sun | It | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | | 2 | **split** | gerund | the Sun *not said here* | | | half | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was a planet that drifted in from another star a long time ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t8:o4:1 # text = It was a planet that drifted in from another star a long time ago 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 drifted drift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 ago ago ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a planet | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drift** | past | a planet | | | another star | time | ago *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from star=Trajectory | **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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