Test 4 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

Why would water ice on the Moon be so useful to future crews?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: water ice · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ice	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ice	aux
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ice	compound
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 useful	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ice	nmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 useful	cop
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 useful	advmod
10	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 crews	case
12	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 crews	amod
13	crews	crew	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 useful	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 useful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	water ice on the Moon					to future crews; useful property	tree rules

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 could be melted and sold as ice cream to tourists

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 melted	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 melted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 melted	aux:pass
4	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 melted	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 cream	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cream	compound
9	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 tourists	case
11	tourists	tourist	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	could · passive		It					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	sell	participle			tourists			as ice cream	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tourist=Recipient

Option 2

It keeps the Moon from spinning too fast and wobbling

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	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 spinning	mark
6	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeps	advcl
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 spinning	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wobbling	cc
10	wobbling	wobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 spinning	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the Moon		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme
2	spin	gerund			fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	wobble	gerund				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It could give drinking water, air and rocket fuel

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 give	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 air	punct
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fuel	cc
9	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fuel	compound
10	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	could	It	drinking water and air and rocket fuel					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	drink	gerund							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It makes the Moon's gravity stronger so people don't float

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gravity	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Moon	case
6	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 float	mark
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 float	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 float	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 float	advmod
12	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the Moon's gravity				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material gravity=Product
2	not float	present · do-support	people						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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