Test 11 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond
A rocket launch is pushed back two years. Is this unusual for big space missions?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this · What happens: push back, be · To what, where: rocket launch
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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
Sentence 1: A rocket launch is pushed back two years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 launch | det |
| 2 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 launch | compound |
| 3 | launch | launch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pushed | aux:pass |
| 5 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pushed | advmod |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pushed | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push back | present · passive | a rocket launch | year | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: Is this unusual for big space missions?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unusual | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 unusual | nsubj |
| 3 | unusual | unusual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 missions | case |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 missions | amod |
| 6 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 missions | compound |
| 7 | missions | mission | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unusual | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 unusual | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | for big space missions; unusual property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it has never happened before in the whole space age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 happened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 happened | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 happened | advmod |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | before | before | ADV | _ | 6 happened | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 age | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 age | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 age | amod |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 age | compound |
| 12 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | present · perfect | it | in the whole space age | before property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in age=Location |
Option 2
Yes, space missions always launch on the planned day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 missions | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missions | compound |
| 4 | missions | mission | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 launch | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 launch | advmod |
| 6 | launch | launch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 launch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | launch | present | space missions | day | always property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | plan | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, big missions are almost always early, never late
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 big | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 missions | amod |
| 4 | missions | mission | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 early | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 early | cop |
| 6 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 7 always | advmod |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 early | advmod |
| 8 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 late | punct |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 late | advmod |
| 11 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 early | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | big missions | always, early, late property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, dates for big missions very often slip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 dates | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 slip | nsubj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 missions | case |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 missions | amod |
| 6 | missions | mission | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dates | nmod |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 often | advmod |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 9 slip | advmod |
| 9 | slip | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | present | dates for big missions | often property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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