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title: It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon.… — The Moon, the planets and the pull tha… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon. Determine which quantity remains unaltered. Exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them

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It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon. Determine which quantity remains unaltered.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, quantity · **What happens:** give, transport, determine, remain · **To what, where:** It, person, surface

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» of the physics 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:1
# text = It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **transport** | present · passive |  | a person |  | the surface of the Moon |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to surface=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine which quantity remains unaltered.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:2
# text = Determine which quantity remains unaltered.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | present | which quantity |  |  |  |  | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The mass of the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:o1:1
# text = The mass of the person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The reading of a spring balance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:o2:1
# text = The reading of a spring balance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** |  |  | a spring balance |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The weight of the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:o3:1
# text = The weight of the person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The height attainable in a jump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:e3:o4:1
# text = The height attainable in a jump
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	attainable	attainable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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