--- title: What could Venus teach us about the Earth? — Venus · tree and pragmatics description: What could Venus teach us about the Earth? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Venus» 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/4-venus/t10/) [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/) / [Venus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/4-venus/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Venus What could Venus teach us about the Earth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Venus · **What happens:** teach · **To what, where:** us This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Venus» 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/4-venus/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t10:1 # text = What could Venus teach us about the Earth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | could | Venus | | us | | | about the Earth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient we=Topic | 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} That all planets spin backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t10:o1:1 # text = That all planets spin backwards 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 planets planet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spin spin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | all planets | | | | | backwards *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} How a twin-sized planet could lose its oceans and overheat ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t10:o2:1 # text = How a twin-sized planet could lose its oceans and overheat 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 twin twin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sized size VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 oceans ocean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 overheat overheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **size** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | could | a sized planet | planet's oceans and overheat | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} That planets cannot have water ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t10:o3:1 # text = That planets cannot have water 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 planets planet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | can | that planets | water | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the Earth is getting colder ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t10:o4:1 # text = That the Earth is getting colder 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · progressive | the Earth | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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