Exam question 2 · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Double Asteroid Redirection Test of 2022.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Double Redirection Test

This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Test	det
11	Double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Test	amod
12	Asteroid	Asteroid	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Redirection	compound
13	Redirection	Redirection	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Test	compound
14	Test	Test	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 2022	case
16	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 Test	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Double Redirection Test of 2022		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus test=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

A spacecraft landed upon the dwarf planet Ceres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spacecraft	det
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 landed	nsubj
3	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 planet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 planet	det
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 planet	amod
7	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 landed	obl
8	Ceres	Ceres	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 planet	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	a spacecraft					upon the dwarf planet	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A spacecraft returned samples from Bennu

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spacecraft	det
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	nsubj
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	samples	sample	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 returned	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Bennu	case
6	Bennu	Bennu	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	a spacecraft	samples		Bennu			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sample=Theme from bennu=Initial_Location

Option 3

A spacecraft destroyed an asteroid that was approaching the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spacecraft	det
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 destroyed	nsubj
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 asteroid	det
5	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 destroyed	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 approaching	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 approaching	aux
8	approaching	approach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 asteroid	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 approaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past	a spacecraft	a asteroid					vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument asteroid=Patient
2	approach	past · progressive	a asteroid	the Earth					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme

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

A spacecraft collided with Dimorphos and altered its orbit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spacecraft	det
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 altered	nsubj
3	collided	collide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spacecraft	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Dimorphos	case
5	Dimorphos	Dimorphos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 collided	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 collided	cc
7	altered	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 orbit	nmod:poss
9	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 altered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collide	participle		a spacecraft not said here				with Dimorphos	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with dimorphos=Co-Agent
2	alter	past	a spacecraft	spacecraft's orbit					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent orbit=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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