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# Exam question 2 · Thinking like an astronomer

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It is given that an object possesses a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth. Ascertain its mass upon the Moon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, you · **What happens:** give, possess, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, mass

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Thinking like an astronomer» of the world 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/world/10-reasoning-about-space/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an object possesses a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:1
# text = It is given that an object possesses a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | present | a object | a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mass=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:* Ascertain its mass upon the Moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:2
# text = Ascertain its mass upon the Moon.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | object's mass |  |  |  | upon the Moon | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sixty kilograms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:o1:1
# text = Sixty kilograms
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three hundred and sixty kilograms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:o2:1
# text = Three hundred and sixty kilograms
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zero kilograms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:o3:1
# text = Zero kilograms
1	Zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ten kilograms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:10-reasoning-about-space:e2:o4:1
# text = Ten kilograms
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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