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description: In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city. What is the real plan? Test 7 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 7 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond

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In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city. What is the real plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old space station, real plan · **What happens:** drift down, crash, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, city

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drifts	drift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	crashes	crash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift down** | present | the old space station |  |  | a cartoon |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **crash** | present | the old space station *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into a city *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into city=Result |

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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 real plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:2
# text = What is the real plan?
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	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 real plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Guide it down into a remote part of the Pacific

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:o1:1
# text = Guide it down into a remote part of the Pacific
1	Guide	guide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a remote part of the Pacific |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into part=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let it fall down anywhere at all, just by chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:o2:1
# text = Let it fall down anywhere at all, just by chance
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | by chance | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall down** | infinitive |  |  |  | all |  | anywhere *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Push it right out of the solar system with a rocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:o3:1
# text = Push it right out of the solar system with a rocket
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the solar system |  | with a rocket; right *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out system=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leave it up there for ever as a museum in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond:t7:o4:1
# text = Leave it up there for ever as a museum in the sky
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the sky; there |  | for a museum | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sky=Location |

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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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