--- title: A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. Is it in the… — Exoplanets and the search for life · tree and pragmatics description: A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. Is it in the Goldilocks zone? Test 4 · ★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. Is it in the Goldilocks zone? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** planet, star, water · **What happens:** be, boil away · **To what, where:** Goldilocks zone This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:1 # text = A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 boils boil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a planet | | | | | to planet's star; close *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **boil away** | present | planet's star | | | | | away *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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:* Is it in the Goldilocks zone? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:2 # text = Is it in the Goldilocks zone? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Goldilocks Goldilocks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 zone zone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | water | | | the Goldilocks zone | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, any planet near a star is ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, any planet near a star is 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | any planet | | a star | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, boiling water is perfect for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:o2:1 # text = Yes, boiling water is perfect for life 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | boiling water | | | | | for life; perfect *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it is too hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:o3:1 # text = No, it is too hot 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it is too cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life:t4:o4:1 # text = No, it is too cold 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | **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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