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title: In a cartoon, astronauts on the Moon hear a loud bang when a rock fa… — The Moon · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, astronauts on the Moon hear a loud bang when a rock falls. What is wrong? Test 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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# Test 2 · The Moon

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In a cartoon, astronauts on the Moon hear a loud bang when a rock falls. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** astronauts, rock · **What happens:** hear, fall, be · **To what, where:** loud bang, cartoon

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This is test 2 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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/6-the-moon/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, astronauts on the Moon hear a loud bang when a rock falls.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, astronauts on the Moon hear a loud bang when a rock falls.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | astronauts on the Moon | a loud bang |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fall** | present | a rock |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:2
# 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 {#o1}

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Nothing, sound is louder on the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing, sound is louder on the Moon
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing sound |  |  | the Moon |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Rocks cannot fall on the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:o2:1
# text = Rocks cannot fall on the Moon
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fall** | can | Rocks |  |  | the Moon |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |

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

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With almost no air there is no sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:o3:1
# text = With almost no air there is no sound
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no sound |  |  | there |  | with no air | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would hear it only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t2:o4:1
# text = They would hear it only at night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | would | They | it |  |  | night |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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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