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title: Ascertain the number of spacecraft which have hitherto visited the p… — Uranus and Neptune · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the number of spacecraft which have hitherto visited the planets Uranus and Neptune. Exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · Uranus and Neptune

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Ascertain the number of spacecraft which have hitherto visited the planets Uranus and Neptune.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, visit · **To what, where:** number, spacecraft

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» 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/14-uranus-and-neptune/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the number of spacecraft which have hitherto visited the planets Uranus and Neptune.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	visited	visit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of spacecraft |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **visit** | present · perfect · passive |  | spacecraft |  |  |  | hitherto *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One, namely Voyager 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:e4:o1:1
# text = One, namely Voyager 2
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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None whatsoever, as both are too distant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:e4:o2:1
# text = None whatsoever, as both are too distant
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both |  |  |  |  | distant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four, namely the Voyager and Pioneer craft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:e4:o3:1
# text = Four, namely the Voyager and Pioneer craft
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Pioneer	Pioneer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	craft	craft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twelve, launched by several nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:e4:o4:1
# text = Twelve, launched by several nations
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	launched	launch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by several nations | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by nation=Destination |

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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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