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title: A rocket launch is pushed back two years. Is this unusual for big sp… — What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be… · tree and pragmatics
description: A rocket launch is pushed back two years. Is this unusual for big space missions? Test 11 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

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A rocket launch is pushed back two years. Is this unusual for big space missions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this · **What happens:** push back, be · **To what, where:** rocket launch

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A rocket launch is pushed back two years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:1
# text = A rocket launch is pushed back two years.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	launch	launch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push back** | present · passive |  | a rocket launch |  |  | year |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* Is this unusual for big space missions?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:2
# text = Is this unusual for big space missions?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | for big space missions; unusual *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it has never happened before in the whole space age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, it has never happened before in the whole space age
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | present · perfect | it |  |  |  | in the whole space age | before *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in age=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, space missions always launch on the planned day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, space missions always launch on the planned day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	launch	launch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch** | present | space missions |  |  |  | day | always *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **plan** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, big missions are almost always early, never late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:o3:1
# text = No, big missions are almost always early, never late
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | big missions |  |  |  |  | always, early, late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, dates for big missions very often slip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t11:o4:1
# text = No, dates for big missions very often slip
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	missions	mission	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	slip	slip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | present | dates for big missions |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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