--- title: Why does the Earth go around the Sun and not around the Moon? — Gravity · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the Earth go around the Sun and not around the Moon? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 6 «Gravity» 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/6-gravity/t6/) [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/) / [Gravity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/6-gravity/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Gravity Why does the Earth go around the Sun and not around the Moon? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Earth · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** Sun This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 6 «Gravity» 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/6-gravity/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:t6:1 # text = Why does the Earth go around the Sun and not around the Moon? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · do-support | the Earth | | | the Sun and the Moon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around sun=Initial\_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 {#o1} The Moon's light pushes the Earth away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:t6:o1:1 # text = The Moon's light pushes the Earth away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push away** | present | the Moon's light | the Earth | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme | | 2 | **light** | | the Moon | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Moon has no gravity at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:t6:o2:1 # text = The Moon has no gravity at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the Moon | no gravity | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gravity=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The Sun is nearer to the Earth than the Moon, so it pulls harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:t6:o3:1 # text = The Sun is nearer to the Earth than the Moon, so it pulls harder 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Sun | | | | | to the Earth; than the Moon; near *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** | present | Sun | | | | | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Sun has far more mass, so its pull is far stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:t6:o4:1 # text = The Sun has far more mass, so its pull is far stronger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the Sun | more mass | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | Sun's pull | | | | | far, strong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pull** | | Sun | | | | | | nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent | **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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