--- title: Why did the asteroid belt never form a planet? — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the asteroid belt never form a planet? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/t3/) [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/) / [Asteroids and the asteroid belt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt Why did the asteroid belt never form a planet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, not form · **To what, where:** asteroid belt, planet This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t3:1 # text = Why did the asteroid belt never form a planet? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the asteroid belt | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **form** | present | | a planet | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location planet=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 {#o1} A planet did form there but was later eaten up by Mars ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t3:o1:1 # text = A planet did form there but was later eaten up by Mars 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | past · do-support | a planet | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **eat up** | past · passive | Mars | | | | | late *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Sun burnt the rocks before they joined ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t3:o2:1 # text = The Sun burnt the rocks before they joined 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | past | the Sun | the rocks | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **join** | past | rocks *= rock* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The asteroids repel each other like magnets ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t3:o3:1 # text = The asteroids repel each other like magnets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 asteroids asteroid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 repel repel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 magnets magnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repel** | present | the asteroids | each | | | | like magnets | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus each=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Jupiter's strong gravity kept stirring it up ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t3:o4:1 # text = Jupiter's strong gravity kept stirring it up 1 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 stirring stir VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Jupiter's strong gravity | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stir up** | gerund | Jupiter's strong gravity *not said here* | gravity | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient | **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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