--- title: Why is Apollo 13 called a successful failure? — Space: from Sputnik to the Moon · tree and pragmatics description: Why is Apollo 13 called a successful failure? Test 4 of lesson 35 «Space: from Sputnik to the Moon» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Space: from Sputnik to the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon/) / t4 # Test 4 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon Why is Apollo 13 called a successful failure? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Apollo · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** Apollo, successful failure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 35 «Space: from Sputnik to the Moon» of the history 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/history/35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t4:1 # text = Why is Apollo 13 called a successful failure? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 Apollo Apollo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 flat _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Apollo | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | past | Apollo | a successful failure | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent failure=Recipient | 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} Nobody at all was on board the ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t4:o1:1 # text = Nobody at all was on board the ship 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 board board ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Nobody | | | the ship | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It never landed, but calm teamwork brought the crew home ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t4:o2:1 # text = It never landed, but calm teamwork brought the crew home 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 teamwork teamwork NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **land** | past | It | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | calm teamwork | the crew | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent crew=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was a success in every way ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t4:o3:1 # text = It was a success in every way 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a success | | every way | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It landed on the Moon twice in one trip and won a big prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t4:o4:1 # text = It landed on the Moon twice in one trip and won a big prize 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past | It | | | the Moon | | in one trip; twice *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on moon=Destination | | 2 | **win** | past | | a big prize | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | **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. 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