Test 2 · The history of space exploration

grandad reckons people go to the Moon all the time now. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, people · What happens: reckon, go · To what, where: Moon

This is test 2 of lesson 29 «The history of space exploration» of the space 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckons	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl:unmarked
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 go	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckons	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	grandad						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	infinitive	people			the Moon	now; time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to moon=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, nobody has walked there since 1972

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 walked	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walked	aux
5	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 walked	advmod
7	since	since	ADP	_	8 1972	case
8	1972	1972	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · perfect	nobody			there	since 1972		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, astronauts visit it every year or so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 visit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 visit	nsubj
4	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 visit	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visit	obl:unmarked
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 so	cc
9	so	so	ADV	_	4 visit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	present	astronauts	it			year		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 3

No, nobody has ever gone further than the space station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 gone	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 gone	advmod
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	further	further	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 station	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 station	det
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 station	compound
11	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	nobody				ever	than the space station; further property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, there is a Moon base there now with people living in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 people	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 base	det
6	Moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 base	compound
7	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 is	advmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 people	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
12	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 people	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					now	with people	tree rules
2	live	gerund	people not said here			base			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location

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