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title: Identify the earliest of the following events. — Olympiad: stars, light and space histo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the earliest of the following events. Exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» 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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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★

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Identify the earliest of the following events.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, follow · **To what, where:** earliest

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» 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/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e3:1
# text = Identify the earliest of the following events.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 earliest |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent early=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The launch of Sputnik 1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e3:o1:1
# text = The launch of Sputnik 1
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	launch	launch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sputnik	Sputnik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The landing of Apollo 11

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e3:o2:1
# text = The landing of Apollo 11
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The orbital flight of Laika

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e3:o3:1
# text = The orbital flight of Laika
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	orbital	orbital	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Laika	Laika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flight of Yuri Gagarin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e3:o4:1
# text = The flight of Yuri Gagarin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Yuri	Yuri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Gagarin	Gagarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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