Test 2 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

Artemis II went round the Moon. Why did its astronauts not walk on it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Artemis, astronauts · What happens: go, not walk · To what, where: Moon

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Artemis II went round the Moon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Artemis	artemis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
2	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	1 Artemis	flat
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Artemis			the Moon			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round 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.

Sentence 2: Why did its astronauts not walk on it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 walk	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	aux
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 astronauts	nmod:poss
4	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 walk	advmod
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 walk	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	past · do-support	Moon's astronauts			Moon			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory

The options

Option 1

The Moon was much too hot that day for anyone to step out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hot	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hot	obl:unmarked
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 step	mark
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 step	nsubj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 step	mark
12	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hot	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 step	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Moon				day	hot property	tree rules
2	step out	to-infinitive	anyone						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Artemis II was planned to fly round the Moon, not to land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Artemis	artemis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planned	nsubj:pass
2	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	1 Artemis	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planned	aux:pass
4	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fly	mark
6	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 planned	xcomp
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fly	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 land	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 land	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 land	mark
13	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fly	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	plan	past · passive	Artemis		tree rules
2	fly not said to happen	to-infinitive		the Moon	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round moon=Trajectory
3	not land	to-infinitive			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Walking on the Moon is now banned by an agreement between countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 banned	csubj:pass
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 Moon	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 banned	aux:pass
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 banned	advmod
7	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 agreement	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 agreement	det
10	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 banned	obl
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 countries	case
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund				the Moon			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Trajectory
2	ban	present · passive	Walking				now	by a agreement between countries	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»

Option 4

They forgot to pack their spacesuits before the launch day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pack	mark
4	pack	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	xcomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 spacesuits	nmod:poss
6	spacesuits	spacesuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pack	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	launch	launch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	compound
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	They						tree rules
2	not pack	to-infinitive	They not said here	their spacesuits			day		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme spacesuit=Destination

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