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title: Why does DART matter, even though it bumped a harmless asteroid? — The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs di… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does DART matter, even though it bumped a harmless asteroid? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

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Why does DART matter, even though it bumped a harmless asteroid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** DART, it · **What happens:** matter, bump · **To what, where:** harmless asteroid

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t11:1
# text = Why does DART matter, even though it bumped a harmless asteroid?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	DART	DART	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bumped	bump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present · do-support | DART |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bump** | past | it | a harmless asteroid |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asteroid=Patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It destroyed all the asteroids that could ever hit us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t11:o1:1
# text = It destroyed all the asteroids that could ever hit us
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past | It | all asteroids |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument asteroid=Patient |
| 2 | **hit** | could | all asteroids | us |  |  | ever |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme we=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It took photos of dinosaur bones lying on the asteroid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t11:o2:1
# text = It took photos of dinosaur bones lying on the asteroid
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It | photos of dinosaur bones |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | dinosaur bones *not said here* |  |  | the asteroid |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on asteroid=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It tested how to push a dangerous asteroid off course

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t11:o3:1
# text = It tested how to push a dangerous asteroid off course
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tested	test	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push** | to-infinitive |  | a dangerous asteroid |  | course |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent asteroid=Theme off course=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It brought back a big lump of gold from the asteroid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t11:o4:1
# text = It brought back a big lump of gold from the asteroid
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | It | a big lump of gold |  | the asteroid |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent lump=Theme from asteroid=Initial\_Location |

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**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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