Test 7 · The history of space exploration

Why did the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 matter less for the space station?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: end · What happens: do, matter

This is test 7 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 flights	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flights	det
7	Shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flights	compound
8	flights	flight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 end	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 2011	case
10	2011	2011	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 flights	nmod
11	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
12	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 matter	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 station	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 station	det
15	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 station	compound
16	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matter	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	matter	present	the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011					for the space station; less property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Nobody was living on the station at that time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 living	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 living	aux
3	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 station	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 station	det
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 living	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past · progressive	Nobody			the station	time		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on station=Location

Option 2

The Shuttle was never used to build or visit it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Shuttle	det
2	Shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 used	advmod
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 build	mark
7	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 visit	cc
9	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 build	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	not use	past · passive	the Shuttle	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	build	to-infinitive		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	visit	infinitive	Shuttle	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent

Option 3

The station was closed down in 2011 as well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 station	det
2	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux:pass
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 closed	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 2011	case
7	2011	2011	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 closed	obl
8	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	4 closed	advmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close down	past · passive		the station				in 2011	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in 2011=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Other spacecraft kept taking crews there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spacecraft	amod
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	crews	crew	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taking	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 taking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Other spacecraft						tree rules
2	take	gerund	Other spacecraft not said here	crews		there			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crew=Theme

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