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title: If the Moon were twice as far away, how would solar eclipses change? — Eclipses · tree and pragmatics
description: If the Moon were twice as far away, how would solar eclipses change? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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 3 · ★★ · Eclipses

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If the Moon were twice as far away, how would solar eclipses change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Moon · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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/8-eclipses/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t3:1
# text = If the Moon were twice as far away, how would solar eclipses change?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eclipses	eclipse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	compound	_	_
14	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Moon |  |  |  |  | eclipses change *obl*; away, far, twice *property* | tree rules |

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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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They would happen every month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t3:o1:1
# text = They would happen every month
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	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would | They |  |  |  | month |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They would be seen from the whole Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t3:o2:1
# text = They would be seen from the whole Earth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would · passive |  | They |  | the whole Earth |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Moon would cover the Sun for much longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t3:o3:1
# text = The Moon would cover the Sun for much longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | would | the Moon |  | the Sun |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sun=Destination |

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

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The Moon would look too small to cover the whole Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t3:o4:1
# text = The Moon would look too small to cover the whole Sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | would | the Moon |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cover** | to-infinitive | the Moon *not said here* |  | the whole Sun |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Destination |

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