--- title: What would happen to the satellite TV if a big tree grew between a d… — Satellites and GPS · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to the satellite TV if a big tree grew between a dish and the south-east sky? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology 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/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Satellites and GPS](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Satellites and GPS What would happen to the satellite TV if a big tree grew between a dish and the south-east sky? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big tree · **What happens:** happen, grow · **To what, where:** dish This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology 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/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t4:1 # text = What would happen to the satellite TV if a big tree grew between a dish and the south-east sky? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 satellite satellite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 between between ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the satellite TV | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a big tree | | | a dish and the east sky | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between dish=Location | 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} The TV would get clearer pictures ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t4:o1:1 # text = The TV would get clearer pictures 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the TV | clearer pictures | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The picture could break up or stop, because the signal is blocked ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t4:o2:1 # text = The picture could break up or stop, because the signal is blocked 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 blocked block VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break up** | could | the picture | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | the picture *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **block** | present · passive | | the signal | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, signals go through anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, signals go through anything 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Nothing signals | | | anything | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through anything=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dish would turn round by itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:38-satellites-and-gps:t4:o4:1 # text = The dish would turn round by itself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** | would | the dish | | | | | by dish; round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory | **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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