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title: Leo says satellites stay up cos there's no gravity up there. true? — Rockets, satellites and astronauts · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says satellites stay up cos there's no gravity up there. true? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

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Leo says satellites stay up cos there's no gravity up there. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, satellites, gravity · **What happens:** say, stay up, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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/71-rockets-satellites-astronauts/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t12:1
# text = Leo says satellites stay up cos there's no gravity up there. true?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay up** | present | satellites |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | present | no gravity |  |  | there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, gravity stops a little way above the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, gravity stops a little way above the clouds
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | gravity | a little way |  | the clouds |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only above the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only above the Moon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, satellites stay up because they hang from strong cables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t12:o3:1
# text = No, satellites stay up because they hang from strong cables
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cables	cable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | present | satellites |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hang** | present | satellites *= satellite* |  |  | strong cables |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, a satellite is falling around the Earth while moving sideways fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t12:o4:1
# text = No, a satellite is falling around the Earth while moving sideways fast
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · progressive | a satellite |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a satellite *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast, sideways *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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