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title: Why do the small icy bodies far out in the Solar System matter to th… — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do the small icy bodies far out in the Solar System matter to this story? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · How the Solar System was born

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Why do the small icy bodies far out in the Solar System matter to this story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, mat · **To what, where:** small icy bodies, Solar System

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t9:1
# text = Why do the small icy bodies far out in the Solar System matter to this story?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Solar	Solar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	System	System	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	matter	mat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the small icy bodies |  |  |  | out *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mat** | past |  |  |  | the Solar System |  | to this story | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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They are the remains of a planet that exploded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t9:o1:1
# text = They are the remains of a planet that exploded
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	exploded	explode	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the remains |  |  |  | of a planet | tree rules |
| 2 | **explode** | past | a planet |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were placed there after the Moon formed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t9:o2:1
# text = They were placed there after the Moon formed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past · passive |  | They |  | there |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **form** | past | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The moving giant planets probably scattered them there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t9:o3:1
# text = The moving giant planets probably scattered them there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scatter** | past | the moving giant planets | them *= they* |  | there |  | probably *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are where the Sun keeps its spare fuel for later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:2-how-the-solar-system-was-born:t9:o4:1
# text = They are where the Sun keeps its spare fuel for later on
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep on** | present | the Sun | Sun's spare fuel |  |  |  | late *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=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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