--- title: Ascertain the approximate duration of a journey from the Earth to Ma… — What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate duration of a journey from the Earth to Mars in one direction. Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond Ascertain the approximate duration of a journey from the Earth to Mars in one direction. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** approximate duration, Mars, one direction This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» of the space course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate duration of a journey from the Earth to Mars in one direction. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate duration of a journey from the Earth | Mars | one direction | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | 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} About two weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e2:o1:1 # text = About two weeks 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} About five years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e2:o2:1 # text = About five years 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} About six to nine months ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e2:o3:1 # text = About six to nine months 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About three days ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e2:o4:1 # text = About three days 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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