--- title: If a planet sat too far from its star in the cold edge of its system… — Exoplanets and the search for life · tree and pragmatics description: If a planet sat too far from its star in the cold edge of its system, what would its water likely be? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/t10/) [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/) / [Exoplanets and the search for life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life If a planet sat too far from its star in the cold edge of its system, what would its water likely be? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** planet, water · **What happens:** sit, be · **To what, where:** star, cold edge This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t10:1 # text = If a planet sat too far from its star in the cold edge of its system, what would its water likely be? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 likely likely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | a planet | | | planet's star | | in the cold edge of planet's system; far *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in edge=Location | | 2 | **be** | would | planet's water | the cold edge of planet's system | | | | likely *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Frozen ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t10:o1:1 # text = Frozen 1 Frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Turned into gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t10:o2:1 # text = Turned into gold 1 Turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | participle | | | | gold | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into gold=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Liquid like on Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t10:o3:1 # text = Liquid like on Earth 1 Liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Boiling ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t10:o4:1 # text = Boiling 1 Boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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