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title: Why are scientists excited about Jupiter's and Saturn's icy moons? — What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are scientists excited about Jupiter's and Saturn's icy moons? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

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Why are scientists excited about Jupiter's and Saturn's icy moons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientists · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t9:1
# text = Why are scientists excited about Jupiter's and Saturn's icy moons?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | scientists |  |  |  |  | about Jupiter's Saturn's icy moons; excited *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are made of solid gold under the ice crust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t9:o1:1
# text = They are made of solid gold under the ice crust
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | They |  | the ice crust |  | of solid gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are the nearest moons to Earth after our own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t9:o2:1
# text = They are the nearest moons to Earth after our own
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the nearest moons | Earth |  | after our own |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People could breathe the air on them without suits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t9:o3:1
# text = People could breathe the air on them without suits
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	suits	suit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | could | People | the air |  |  |  | on them *= they*; without suits | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent air=Theme on they=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Hidden oceans there might be places for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t9:o4:1
# text = Hidden oceans there might be places for life
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | Hidden oceans | places |  |  |  | for life | tree rules |

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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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