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description: Neptune's winds are about 2,000 kilometres per hour. A fast passenger jet flies about 900. The winds are Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Uranus and Neptune

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Neptune's winds are about 2,000 kilometres per hour. A fast passenger jet flies about 900. The winds are

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** winds, Neptune, fast passenger jet · **What happens:** be, wind, fly · **To what, where:** 2,000 kilometres, 900

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» of the space 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/space/14-uranus-and-neptune/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Neptune's winds are about 2,000 kilometres per hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:1
# text = Neptune's winds are about 2,000 kilometres per hour.
1	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Neptune's winds | 2,000 kilometres |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wind** |  | Neptune |  |  |  |  |  | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* A fast passenger jet flies about 900.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:2
# text = A fast passenger jet flies about 900.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | a fast passenger jet | 900 |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 900=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* The winds are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:3
# text = The winds are
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | the winds |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ten times slower than the jet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:o1:1
# text = Ten times slower than the jet
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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More than twice as fast as the jet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:o2:1
# text = More than twice as fast as the jet
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About half as fast as a passenger jet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:o3:1
# text = About half as fast as a passenger jet
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Exactly as fast as the jet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t10:o4:1
# text = Exactly as fast as the jet
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jet	jet	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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