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title: In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with… — Asteroids and the asteroid belt · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks. What is the truth? Test 1 · ★★ 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
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

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In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** spaceship, truth · **What happens:** swerve, pack, be · **To what, where:** film, asteroid belt

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:1
# text = In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swerves	swerve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	tumbling	tumbling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swerve** | present | a spaceship |  |  | a film |  | through a asteroid belt | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through belt=Location |
| 2 | **pack** | participle |  | a asteroid belt *not said here* |  |  |  | with tumbling rocks | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rock=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 the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The belt is a solid ring of rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:o1:1
# text = The belt is a solid ring of rock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rock	rock	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 | the belt | a solid ring |  |  |  | of rock | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ships cannot fly through it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:o2:1
# text = Ships cannot fly through it at all
1	Ships	ship	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	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | can | Ships |  |  | it |  | at all | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Films are right, the rocks are touching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:o3:1
# text = Films are right, the rocks are touching
1	Films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Films |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | present · progressive | the rocks |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The belt is mostly empty; asteroids are usually very far apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt:t1:o4:1
# text = The belt is mostly empty; asteroids are usually very far apart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the belt |  |  |  |  | apart, empty, mostly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | asteroids |  |  |  |  | far, usually *property* | tree rules |

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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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