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title: Why did the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 matter less for the s… — The history of space exploration · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 matter less for the space station? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · The history of space exploration

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Why did the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 matter less for the space station?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** do, matter

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t7:1
# text = Why did the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 matter less for the space station?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	flights	flight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2011	2011	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **matter** | present | the end of the Shuttle flights in 2011 |  |  |  |  | for the space station; less *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Nobody was living on the station at that time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t7:o1:1
# text = Nobody was living on the station at that time
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · progressive | Nobody |  |  | the station | time |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on station=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Shuttle was never used to build or visit it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t7:o2:1
# text = The Shuttle was never used to build or visit it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Shuttle	shuttle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | past · passive |  | the Shuttle |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **visit** | infinitive |  | Shuttle |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The station was closed down in 2011 as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t7:o3:1
# text = The station was closed down in 2011 as well
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	2011	2011	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close down** | past · passive |  | the station |  |  |  | in 2011 | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in 2011=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Other spacecraft kept taking crews there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:29-the-history-of-space-exploration:t7:o4:1
# text = Other spacecraft kept taking crews there
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	crews	crew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Other spacecraft |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | Other spacecraft *not said here* | crews |  | there |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crew=Theme |

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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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