Exam question 4 · The history of space exploration

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the Space Shuttle programme.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Shuttle programme

This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The history of space exploration» of the space course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 programme	det
13	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Shuttle	compound
14	Shuttle	Shuttle	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 programme	compound
15	programme	programme	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Shuttle programme		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus programme=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice

It carried the first astronauts to the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 astronauts	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 astronauts	amod
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	It	the first astronauts	the Moon				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent astronaut=Theme to moon=Destination

Option 2

It continues to operate at the present time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continues	nsubj
2	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 operate	mark
4	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 continues	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 time	compound
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 operate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	It						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	operate	to-infinitive					time		vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It operated from 1957 to 1969, during which period no Shuttle was ever lost

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 operated	nsubj
2	operated	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 1957	case
4	1957	1957	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 operated	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 1969	case
6	1969	1969	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 1957	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 period	punct
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 period	case
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 period	det
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 operated	obl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 Shuttle	det
12	Shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lost	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 lost	advmod
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 period	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	past	It			1957 to 1969	during which period		vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lose	past · passive	which period not said here	no Shuttle			ever		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It operated from 1981 to 2011, and two Shuttles were lost with their crews

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 operated	nsubj
2	operated	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 1981	case
4	1981	1981	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 operated	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 2011	case
6	2011	2011	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 1981	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lost	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lost	cc
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 Shuttles	nummod
10	Shuttles	shuttle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lost	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux:pass
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 operated	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 crews	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 crews	nmod:poss
15	crews	crew	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	past	It			1981 to 2011			vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lose	past · passive		two Shuttles				with Shuttles's crews	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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