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title: grandad reckons people go to the Moon all the time now. true? — The history of space exploration · tree and pragmatics
description: grandad reckons people go to the Moon all the time now. true? Test 2 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 2 · The history of space exploration

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grandad reckons people go to the Moon all the time now. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad, people · **What happens:** reckon, go · **To what, where:** Moon

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t2:1
# text = grandad reckons people go to the Moon all the time now. true?
1	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | people |  |  | the Moon | now; time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to moon=Initial\_Location |

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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}

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No, nobody has walked there since 1972

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t2:o1:1
# text = No, nobody has walked there since 1972
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1972	1972	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present · perfect | nobody |  |  | there | since 1972 |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, astronauts visit it every year or so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, astronauts visit it every year or so
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | astronauts | it |  |  | year |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, nobody has ever gone further than the space station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t2:o3:1
# text = No, nobody has ever gone further than the space station
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	further	further	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · perfect | nobody |  |  |  | ever | than the space station; further *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, there is a Moon base there now with people living in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, there is a Moon base there now with people living in it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
12	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | now | with people | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  | base |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

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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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