--- title: If the Moon stopped moving around the Earth, what would happen to it… — The Moon and its phases · tree and pragmatics description: If the Moon stopped moving around the Earth, what would happen to its phases? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 3 «The Moon and its phases» of the world 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/world/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The Moon and its phases](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Moon and its phases If the Moon stopped moving around the Earth, what would happen to its phases? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Moon · **What happens:** stop, move, happen · **To what, where:** Earth This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 3 «The Moon and its phases» of the world 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/world/3-the-moon-and-its-phases/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:t3:1 # text = If the Moon stopped moving around the Earth, what would happen to its phases? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 phases phase NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Moon | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **move** | gerund | the Moon *not said here* | | | the Earth | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around earth=Trajectory | | 3 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to Moon's phases | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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} Nothing would happen to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing would happen to them 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 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 _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | Nothing | | them *= they* | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would change much faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:t3:o2:1 # text = They would change much faster 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | They | | | | | fast *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They would stop changing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:t3:o3:1 # text = They would stop changing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | They | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **change** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would go backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:3-the-moon-and-its-phases:t3:o4:1 # text = They would go backwards 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | They | | | | | backwards *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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