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title: Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world. What did re… — Venus · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world. What did recent studies suggest? Test 8 · ★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Venus

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Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world. What did recent studies suggest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, Venus, recent studies · **What happens:** say, be, unchang, do, suggest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:1
# text = Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	unchanging	unchang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | present · perfect | Venus |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **unchang** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 did recent studies suggest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:2
# text = What did recent studies suggest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	studies	study	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | recent studies |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Some of its volcanoes are probably still active

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:o1:1
# text = Some of its volcanoes are probably still active
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Venus is slowly freezing over, from the poles down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:o2:1
# text = Venus is slowly freezing over, from the poles down
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze over** | present · progressive | Venus |  |  | the poles |  | over, slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Venus has no volcanoes at all, not even any old ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:o3:1
# text = Venus has no volcanoes at all, not even any old ones
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Venus | no volcanoes and any old ones |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volcano=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Venus has rivers of water flowing on it even today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:4-venus:t8:o4:1
# text = Venus has rivers of water flowing on it even today
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Venus | rivers of water |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |
| 2 | **flow** | gerund | rivers of water *not said here* |  |  | water | today |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=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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