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title: If a satellite slowed down a lot, what would happen? — Rockets, satellites and astronauts · tree and pragmatics
description: If a satellite slowed down a lot, what would happen? Test 2 · ★★ 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 2 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

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If a satellite slowed down a lot, what would happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** satellite, lot · **What happens:** slow down, happen · **To what, where:** lot

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t2:1
# text = If a satellite slowed down a lot, what would happen?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slowed	slow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | participle | a satellite | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | would | a lot |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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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It would fly further and further away from the Earth into space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t2:o1:1
# text = It would fly further and further away from the Earth into space
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | would | It |  |  |  |  | into space *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into space=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It would fall lower and could drop into the air and burn up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t2:o2:1
# text = It would fall lower and could drop into the air and burn up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | It |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | could |  |  |  | the air |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into air=Trajectory |
| 3 | **burn up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would start to go faster and faster by itself, all on its own

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t2:o3:1
# text = It would start to go faster and faster by itself, all on its own
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
13	on	on	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	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | would | It | all |  | its own |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by itself *= it*; fast *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would stay in exactly the same place up in the sky forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t2:o4:1
# text = It would stay in exactly the same place up in the sky forever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | would | It |  |  | the same place |  | in the sky; forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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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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