--- title: Ascertain the aggregate mass of the asteroid belt relative to that o… — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate mass of the asteroid belt relative to that of the Moon. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/e4/) [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/) / [Asteroids and the asteroid belt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Asteroids and the asteroid belt Ascertain the aggregate mass of the asteroid belt relative to that of the Moon. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** aggregate mass This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate mass of the asteroid belt relative to that of the Moon. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 relative relative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate mass of the belt relative to that of the Moon | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Topic | 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} Approximately thirty times greater ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e4:o1:1 # text = Approximately thirty times greater 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately equal thereto ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e4:o2:1 # text = Approximately equal thereto 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Approximately three per cent thereof ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e4:o3:1 # text = Approximately three per cent thereof 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 per per NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cent cent NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Approximately three hundred times greater ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:e4:o4:1 # text = Approximately three hundred times greater 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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