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title: Identify the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface designa… — The Moon · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface designated maria. Exam question 2 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.
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# Exam question 2 · The Moon

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Identify the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface designated maria.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lunar surface · **What happens:** identify, designate · **To what, where:** nature, maria

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e2:1
# text = Identify the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface designated maria.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	maria	maria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | participle | the lunar surface *not said here* | maria |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maria=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 {#o1}

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Shadows cast by the lunar mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e2:o1:1
# text = Shadows cast by the lunar mountains
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | participle |  | Shadows *not said here* |  |  |  | by the lunar mountains | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by mountain=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bodies of standing water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e2:o2:1
# text = Bodies of standing water
1	Bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Plains of ancient solidified lava

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e2:o3:1
# text = Plains of ancient solidified lava
1	Plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	solidified	solidify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solidify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Regions of dense vegetation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:e2:o4:1
# text = Regions of dense vegetation
1	Regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	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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