--- title: The International Space Station completes one orbit of the Earth in… — Olympiad: transport, building and ener… · tree and pragmatics description: The International Space Station completes one orbit of the Earth in approximately 90 minutes. Ascertain the approximate number of orbits completed in one day. Exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/e2/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Olympiad: transport, building and ener…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★ The International Space Station completes one orbit of the Earth in approximately 90 minutes. Ascertain the approximate number of orbits completed in one day. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** International Space Station, you · **What happens:** complete, ascertain · **To what, where:** one orbit, approximate number, orbits This is exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology 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/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The International Space Station completes one orbit of the Earth in approximately 90 minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:1 # text = The International Space Station completes one orbit of the Earth in approximately 90 minutes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 International International PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 Space Space PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Station Station PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 completes complete VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 orbit orbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 approximately approximately ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 90 90 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complete** | present | the International Space Station | one orbit of the Earth | | | minute | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orbit=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the approximate number of orbits completed in one day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the approximate number of orbits completed in one day. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 orbits orbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 completed complete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the approximate number of orbits | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **complete** | participle | | orbits *not said here* | | | day | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sixteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:o1:1 # text = Sixteen 1 Sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twenty-four ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:o2:1 # text = Twenty-four 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ninety ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:o3:1 # text = Ninety 1 Ninety ninety NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e2:o4:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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