--- title: A rocket is mostly fuel. What happens to the empty fuel tanks? — Rockets, record speeds and motion ever… · tree and pragmatics description: A rocket is mostly fuel. What happens to the empty fuel tanks? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/t10/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Rockets, record speeds and motion ever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere A rocket is mostly fuel. What happens to the empty fuel tanks? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rocket · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** fuel This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» of the physics 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/physics/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A rocket is mostly fuel. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:1 # text = A rocket is mostly fuel. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a rocket | fuel | | | | mostly *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens to the empty fuel tanks? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:2 # text = What happens to the empty fuel tanks? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tanks tank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | to the empty fuel tanks | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They are kept to the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:o1:1 # text = They are kept to the end 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · passive | | They | | | to the end | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stages drop away as they empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:o2:1 # text = Stages drop away as they empty 1 Stages stage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop away** | present | Stages | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The astronauts throw them out of the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:o3:1 # text = The astronauts throw them out of the window 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astronauts astronaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | the astronauts | them *= they* | | the window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme out window=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They turn into new fuel ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t10:o4:1 # text = They turn into new fuel 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | They | | | new fuel | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into fuel=Trajectory | **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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