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title: Why do rivals of the Space Race now often work together in space? — Space: from Sputnik to the Moon · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do rivals of the Space Race now often work together in space? Test 9 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.
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# Test 9 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon

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Why do rivals of the Space Race now often work together in space?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, work together · **To what, where:** rivals

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t9:1
# text = Why do rivals of the Space Race now often work together in space?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
3	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Space	Space	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Race	Race	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | rivals of the Space Race |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rival=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work together** | present |  |  |  |  | now | in space; often, together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in space=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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They never work together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t9:o1:1
# text = They never work together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work together** | present | They |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Big projects like a space station are easier when countries share the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t9:o2:1
# text = Big projects like a space station are easier when countries share the work
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	projects	project	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
10	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Big projects like a space station |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | present | countries | the work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A law on the Moon forces every country in space to work together all the time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t9:o3:1
# text = A law on the Moon forces every country in space to work together all the time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work together** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time | together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Space is too small for two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon:t9:o4:1
# text = Space is too small for two
1	Space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Space |  |  |  |  | for two; small *property* | tree rules |

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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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