Exam question 4 · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

Select the response that is consistent with the established plans concerning the International Space Station.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established plans · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, International Space Station

This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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 plans	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plans	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 plans	amod
10	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 plans	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Station	det
13	International	International	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Station	compound
14	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Station	compound
15	Station	Station	PROPN	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 plans; 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 plans not said here	the International Space Station		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus station=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

It is to remain in orbit indefinitely

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	4 remain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remain	mark
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 orbit	case
6	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
7	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			orbit		indefinitely, remain property	tree rules

Option 2

It is to be relocated to an orbit around the Moon to serve the Artemis missions

The tree, 16 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	5 relocated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 relocated	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 relocated	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 relocated	aux:pass
5	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 orbit	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 orbit	det
8	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relocated	obl
9	around	around	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Moon	det
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 orbit	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 serve	mark
13	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 relocated	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 missions	det
15	Artemis	Artemis	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 missions	compound
16	missions	mission	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	present · passive		It				to a orbit around the Moon	tree rules
2	serve	to-infinitive		the Artemis missions					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mission=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is to be retired and guided into a remote part of the Pacific around 2030

The tree, 16 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	5 retired	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 retired	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 retired	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 retired	aux:pass
5	retired	retire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 guided	cc
7	guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 retired	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 part	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 part	amod
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guided	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Pacific	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Pacific	det
14	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod
15	around	around	ADP	_	16 2030	case
16	2030	2030	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 guided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retire	present · passive		It					vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	guide	participle				a remote part of the Pacific		around 2030	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into part=Destination

Option 4

It was retired and brought down in 2011

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	3 retired	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 retired	aux:pass
3	retired	retire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 brought	cc
5	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 retired	conj
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 brought	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 2011	case
8	2011	2011	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retire	past · passive		It					vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	bring down	participle				2011			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

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