--- title: lol why can't they just bring the Mars rocks home already — What comes next: the Moon, Mars and be… · tree and pragmatics description: lol why can't they just bring the Mars rocks home already Test 5 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond lol why can't they just bring the Mars rocks home already **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** not bring · **To what, where:** Mars rocks This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t5:1 # text = lol why can't they just bring the Mars rocks home already 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bring** | can | they | the Mars rocks | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | 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} The rocks would melt on Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t5:o1:1 # text = The rocks would melt on Earth 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | would | the rocks | | | Earth | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nobody collected any rocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t5:o2:1 # text = Nobody collected any rocks 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | past | Nobody | any rocks | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The return plan costs a lot and has been delayed and redesigned ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t5:o3:1 # text = The return plan costs a lot and has been delayed and redesigned 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 delayed delay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 redesigned redesign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | present | the return plan | a lot | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value | | 2 | **delay** | present · perfect · passive | the return plan *not said here* | | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 3 | **redesign** | participle | the return plan *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The rocks are far too heavy for any rocket to lift off the ground of Mars ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t5:o4:1 # text = The rocks are far too heavy for any rocket to lift off the ground of Mars 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the rocks | | | | | for any rocket; far, heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lift off** | to-infinitive | the rocks *not said here* | the ground of Mars | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | **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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