Test 9 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon

Why do rivals of the Space Race now often work together in space?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, work together · To what, where: rivals

This is test 9 of lesson 35 «Space: from Sputnik to the Moon» of the history 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 work	advcl
3	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Race	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Race	det
6	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Race	compound
7	Race	Race	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rivals	nmod
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 work	advmod
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 work	advmod
10	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 work	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 space	case
13	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 work	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		rivals of the Space Race					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rival=Eventuality
2	work together	present					now	in space; often, together property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in space=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

Option 1

They never work together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 work	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work together	present	They					together property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Big projects like a space station are easier when countries share the work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 projects	amod
2	projects	project	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 easier	nsubj
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 station	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 station	det
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 station	compound
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 projects	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 easier	cop
8	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 share	mark
10	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 share	nsubj
11	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 easier	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 work	det
13	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Big projects like a space station					easy property	tree rules
2	share	present	countries	the work					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A law on the Moon forces every country in space to work together all the time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 country	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 forces	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forces	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 forces	compound
6	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 law	nmod
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 space	case
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 country	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 work	mark
12	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 country	acl:relcl
13	together	together	ADV	_	12 work	advmod
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 time	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 work	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work together	to-infinitive					time	together property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Space is too small for two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 two	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 small	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Space					for two; small property	tree rules

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