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title: lol Rosetta landed on a comet? no way. what did it really do — Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol Rosetta landed on a comet? no way. what did it really do Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets» 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 12 · ★★ · Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets

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lol Rosetta landed on a comet? no way. what did it really do

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rosetta, way · **What happens:** land, do · **To what, where:** way, comet

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Pluto, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud and comets» 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/15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets:t12:1
# text = lol Rosetta landed on a comet? no way. what did it really do
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	Rosetta	Rosetta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past | Rosetta | no way |  | a comet |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on comet=Destination |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | way |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Scooped up a comet and brought it back to the Earth whole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets:t12:o1:1
# text = Scooped up a comet and brought it back to the Earth whole
1	Scooped	scoop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:agent	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoop up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring back** | past |  | comet | the Earth |  |  | whole *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to earth=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crashed into Halley's Comet on purpose to see inside it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets:t12:o2:1
# text = Crashed into Halley's Comet on purpose to see inside it
1	Crashed	crash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Halley	Halley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	Comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:agent	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | participle |  |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flew past Pluto taking photos of its heart-shaped plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets:t12:o3:1
# text = Flew past Pluto taking photos of its heart-shaped plain
1	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	past	past	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past |  |  |  | Pluto |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past pluto=Trajectory |
| 2 | **take** | gerund |  | photos of its shaped plain |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 3 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Orbited Comet 67P and dropped the Philae lander on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:15-pluto-the-kuiper-belt-the-oort-cloud-and-comets:t12:o4:1
# text = Orbited Comet 67P and dropped the Philae lander on it
1	Orbited	orbit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
2	Comet	comet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	67	67	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	P	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Philae	Philae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lander	lander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **orbit** | participle |  | Comet P |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | past |  | the Philae lander |  | lander |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lander=Theme on it=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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