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title: my mate says the first flight on another planet was a plane on the M… — The history of space exploration · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says the first flight on another planet was a plane on the Moon lol Test 10 of lesson 29 «The history of space exploration» 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 · The history of space exploration

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my mate says the first flight on another planet was a plane on the Moon lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, planet · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** first flight, plane · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 29 «The history of space exploration» 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/29-the-history-of-space-exploration/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t10:1
# text = my mate says the first flight on another planet was a plane on the Moon lol
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | the first flight |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent flight=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | another planet |  |  | a plane |  | on the Moon | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it was the helicopter Ingenuity on Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t10:o1:1
# text = No, it was the helicopter Ingenuity on Mars
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	helicopter	helicopter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Ingenuity	ingenuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the helicopter Ingenuity |  | Mars |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it was a drone on Jupiter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t10:o2:1
# text = No, it was a drone on Jupiter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drone	drone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a drone |  | Jupiter |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, a small plane flew on the Moon back in 1969

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, a small plane flew on the Moon back in 1969
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1969	1969	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | a small plane |  |  | the Moon |  | in 1969 | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it was a balloon on Venus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t10:o4:1
# text = No, it was a balloon on Venus
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a balloon |  | Venus |  |  | tree rules |

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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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