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title: Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity. Could you go swi… — The Moon · tree and pragmatics
description: Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity. Could you go swimming there? Test 3 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 right.
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# Test 3 · The Moon

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Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity. Could you go swimming there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Old maps, you · **What happens:** call, go, swim · **To what, where:** Moon patch · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:1
# text = Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Tranquillity	Tranquillity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Old maps | a Moon patch |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patch=Recipient |

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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:* Could you go swimming there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:2
# text = Could you go swimming there?
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | could | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only at full Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only at full Moon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it is a plain of old hardened lava

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:o2:1
# text = No, it is a plain of old hardened lava
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	hardened	harden	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a plain |  |  |  | of old hardened lava | tree rules |
| 2 | **harden** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it is shallow salty water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, it is shallow salty water
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | shallow salty water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the water is frozen solid all the way down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t3:o4:1
# text = No, the water is frozen solid all the way down
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | the water |  |  |  | all way *obl:unmarked*; down, solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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