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title: State the distinction attributed to the descent of the Huygens probe… — Saturn's moons · tree and pragmatics
description: State the distinction attributed to the descent of the Huygens probe in the year two thousand and five. Exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Saturn's moons» of the space 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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# Exam question 4 · Saturn's moons

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State the distinction attributed to the descent of the Huygens probe in the year two thousand and five.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Huygens probe · **What happens:** state, attribute, descend · **To what, where:** distinction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Saturn's moons» of the space 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/space/13-saturns-moons/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:e4:1
# text = State the distinction attributed to the descent of the Huygens probe in the year two thousand and five.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Huygens	Huygens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	probe	probe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	compound	_	_
16	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the distinction |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | the distinction *not said here* |  |  |  | to the descent of the Huygens probe  two thousand | tree rules |
| 3 | **descend** |  | the Huygens probe  two thousand |  |  |  |  |  | nom descent «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was the first landing upon Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:e4:o1:1
# text = It was the first landing upon Mars
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the first landing |  |  |  | upon Mars | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was accomplished by a human crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:e4:o2:1
# text = It was accomplished by a human crew
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past · passive | a human crew | It |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It constitutes the most distant landing ever accomplished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:e4:o3:1
# text = It constitutes the most distant landing ever accomplished
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | the distant landing |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme landing=Pivot |
| 2 | **accomplish** | participle |  | the distant landing *not said here* |  |  | ever |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It constitutes the first landing upon the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:13-saturns-moons:e4:o4:1
# text = It constitutes the first landing upon the Moon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | the first landing |  |  |  | upon the Moon | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme landing=Pivot |

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