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description: Identify the principal reason for which future lunar missions are directed towards the south pole of the Moon. Exam question 3 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 o
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# Exam question 3 · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

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Identify the principal reason for which future lunar missions are directed towards the south pole of the Moon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, direct · **To what, where:** principal reason, future lunar missions

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which future lunar missions are directed towards the south pole of the Moon.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **direct** | present · passive |  | future lunar missions |  |  |  | for the principal reason; towards the south pole of the Moon | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for which=Beneficiary |

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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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That region has a breathable atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e3:o1:1
# text = That region has a breathable atmosphere
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	breathable	breathable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | that region | a breathable atmosphere |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent atmosphere=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Permanently shadowed craters there contain water ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e3:o2:1
# text = Permanently shadowed craters there contain water ice
1	Permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	shadowed	shadow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	craters	crater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shadow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **contain** | present | shadowed craters | water ice |  | there |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ice=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That region is permanently in sunlight and is therefore warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e3:o3:1
# text = That region is permanently in sunlight and is therefore warm
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that region |  |  | sunlight |  | permanently *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that region *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore, warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That region faces the planet Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:e3:o4:1
# text = That region faces the planet Mars
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faces	face	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	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present | that region |  | the planet Mars |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mars=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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