--- title: What would happen to a footprint on a sandy beach compared with one… — Space: from Sputnik to the Moon · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a footprint on a sandy beach compared with one on the Moon? Test 5 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon What would happen to a footprint on a sandy beach compared with one on the Moon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, compare · **To what, where:** sandy beach, Moon This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t5:1 # text = What would happen to a footprint on a sandy beach compared with one on the Moon? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 footprint footprint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | a sandy beach | | to a footprint | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on beach=Location | | 2 | **compare** | participle | | a sandy beach *not said here* | | the Moon | | with one | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with one=Co-Patient | 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} The Moon one is washed away by rain first ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t5:o1:1 # text = The Moon one is washed away by rain first 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash away** | present · passive | rain | the Moon one | | | | away, first *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The beach one washes away; the Moon one stays ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t5:o2:1 # text = The beach one washes away; the Moon one stays 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 washes wash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash away** | present | the beach one | | | | | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stay** | present | the Moon one | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Both footprints stay exactly where they are for ever and ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t5:o3:1 # text = Both footprints stay exactly where they are for ever and ever 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | both footprints | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | footprints *= footprint* | | | | | ever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Both vanish in a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t5:o4:1 # text = Both vanish in a day 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 vanish vanish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | present | Both | | | | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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