--- title: State the reason for which the same hemisphere of the Moon is perpet… — The Moon · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason for which the same hemisphere of the Moon is perpetually presented to the Earth. Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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/6-the-moon/e1/) [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/) / [The Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/6-the-moon/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Moon State the reason for which the same hemisphere of the Moon is perpetually presented to the Earth. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** present · **To what, where:** same hemisphere This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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/6-the-moon/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e1:1 # text = State the reason for which the same hemisphere of the Moon is perpetually presented to the Earth. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 perpetually perpetually ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | present · passive | | the same hemisphere of the Moon | | | | for the reason; to the Earth; perpetually *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for which=Recipient | 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} The opposite hemisphere receives no illumination ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e1:o1:1 # text = The opposite hemisphere receives no illumination 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 illumination illumination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | present | the opposite hemisphere | no illumination | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illumination=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It does not rotate about its axis whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e1:o2:1 # text = It does not rotate about its axis whatsoever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 rotate rotate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 axis axis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rotate** | present · do-support | It | | | | | about its axis; whatsoever *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about axis=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its period of rotation is equal to its period of revolution ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e1:o3:1 # text = Its period of rotation is equal to its period of revolution 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rotation rotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its period of rotation | | | | | to period's period of revolution; equal *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Earth's atmosphere obscures the opposite hemisphere ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e1:o4:1 # text = The Earth's atmosphere obscures the opposite hemisphere 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 obscures obscure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hemisphere hemisphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obscure** | present | the Earth's atmosphere | the opposite hemisphere | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hemisphere=Patient | **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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