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title: why'd astronauts bother working out up in space — Sleep, exercise and growing up · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd astronauts bother working out up in space Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Sleep, exercise and growing up» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Sleep, exercise and growing up

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why'd astronauts bother working out up in space

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** astronauts · **What happens:** bother, work out · **To what, where:** space

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Sleep, exercise and growing up» of the world 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/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:38-sleep-exercise-growing:t10:1
# text = why'd astronauts bother working out up in space
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bother	bother	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | present | astronauts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work out** | gerund | astronauts *not said here* |  |  | space |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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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So they stay warm in the freezing cold of space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:38-sleep-exercise-growing:t10:o1:1
# text = So they stay warm in the freezing cold of space
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | they |  |  | the freezing |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in freezing=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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So their muscles and bones stay strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:38-sleep-exercise-growing:t10:o2:1
# text = So their muscles and bones stay strong
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | their muscles and bones |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because there is nothing else to do up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:38-sleep-exercise-growing:t10:o3:1
# text = Because there is nothing else to do up there
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do up** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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So they float the right way up in the cabin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:38-sleep-exercise-growing:t10:o4:1
# text = So they float the right way up in the cabin
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | they | the right way |  | the cabin |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme in cabin=Trajectory |

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