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title: In a film, astronauts land on Venus, open their helmets and breathe.… — Venus · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, astronauts land on Venus, open their helmets and breathe. What is wrong? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Venus

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In a film, astronauts land on Venus, open their helmets and breathe. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** astronauts · **What happens:** land, open, breathe, be · **To what, where:** film, helmets

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, astronauts land on Venus, open their helmets and breathe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:1
# text = In a film, astronauts land on Venus, open their helmets and breathe.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | astronauts |  |  | a film |  | on Venus | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in film=Destination |
| 2 | **open** | infinitive | astronauts *not said here* | astronauts's helmets |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location helmet=Theme |
| 3 | **breathe** | infinitive | astronauts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Venus's air is thick carbon dioxide under acid clouds and crushingly hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:o1:1
# text = Venus's air is thick carbon dioxide under acid clouds and crushingly hot
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	crushingly	crushingly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Venus's air |  |  | acid clouds |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Venus's air *not said here* |  |  |  |  | crushingly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They should have landed at night when it is cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:o2:1
# text = They should have landed at night when it is cool
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | should · perfect | They |  |  |  | night |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the clouds are wrong, the ground is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:o3:1
# text = Only the clouds are wrong, the ground is fine
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the clouds |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the ground |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, Venus has air like ours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t6:o4:1
# text = Nothing, Venus has air like ours
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nothing | air |  |  |  | like ours | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient |

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