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title: grandad says we never went back after Apollo, nobody's been near the… — The Moon · tree and pragmatics
description: grandad says we never went back after Apollo, nobody's been near the Moon since. still true? Test 6 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 6 · The Moon

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grandad says we never went back after Apollo, nobody's been near the Moon since. still true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, we, nobody · **What happens:** say, not go back, be · **To what, where:** Moon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t6:1
# text = grandad says we never went back after Apollo, nobody's been near the Moon since. still true?
1	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
16	since	since	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
18	still	still	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 | grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **go back** | past | we |  |  |  | after Apollo and the Moon |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | nobody |  |  | the Moon |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, the Moon is off-limits by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, the Moon is off-limits by law
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	limits	limit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  | off limits; by law | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, nobody has gone near it since 1972

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, nobody has gone near it since 1972
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1972	1972	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · perfect | nobody |  |  | it | since 1972 |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, people live on the Moon now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t6:o3:1
# text = No, people live on the Moon now
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | people |  |  | the Moon | now |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, Artemis II flew a crew around the Moon in April 2026

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:6-the-moon:t6:o4:1
# text = No, Artemis II flew a crew around the Moon in April 2026
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Artemis	Artemis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | Artemis | a crew |  | the Moon | april |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent crew=Theme around moon=Location |

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