--- title: Select the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmo… — Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Select the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere. Exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/e4/) [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/) / [Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ Select the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, rocket · **What happens:** select, account, motion · **To what, where:** correct account, motion This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e4:1 # text = Select the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | | 2 | **account** | | | the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **motion** | | a rocket beyond the atmosphere | | | | | | nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} It is drawn along by the stars ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e4:o1:1 # text = It is drawn along by the stars 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 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | present · passive | the stars | It | | | | along *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It pushes against the surrounding air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e4:o2:1 # text = It pushes against the surrounding air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 surrounding surrounding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | It | | | | | against the surrounding air | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against air=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It expels gas, which pushes it forward ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e4:o3:1 # text = It expels gas, which pushes it forward 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 expels expel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expel** | present | It | gas | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme | | 2 | **push** | present | gas | gas | | | | forward *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It cannot speed up at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:e4:o4:1 # text = It cannot speed up at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 speed speed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speed up** | can | It | | | all | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=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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