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title: A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!". What is the mos… — What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be… · tree and pragmatics
description: A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!". What is the most sensible view? Test 1 · ★★ 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 was right
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# Test 1 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

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A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!". What is the most sensible view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** headline, Humans, sensible view · **What happens:** say, walk, be · **To what, where:** Mars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:1
# text = A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	2027	2027	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a headline |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | future | Humans |  |  | Mars |  | in 2027 | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mars=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the most sensible view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:2
# text = What is the most sensible view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sensible view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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People already live there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:o1:1
# text = People already live there
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | People |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is certain, the date is fixed and the rocket is ready

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:o2:1
# text = It is certain, the date is fixed and the rocket is ready
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | present · passive |  | the date |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the rocket |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can never happen at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:o3:1
# text = It can never happen at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | can | It |  |  | all |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

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

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A crewed landing is unlikely before the 2030s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t1:o4:1
# text = A crewed landing is unlikely before the 2030s
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	crewed	crew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unlikely	unlikely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	2030s	2030	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crew** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a crewed landing |  |  |  | before the 2030s | unlikely *property* | 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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