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title: why do astronauts on the space station gotta work out every day — Rockets, satellites and astronauts · tree and pragmatics
description: why do astronauts on the space station gotta work out every day Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

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why do astronauts on the space station gotta work out every day

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** astronauts · **What happens:** work out

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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/71-rockets-satellites-astronauts/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t10:1
# text = why do astronauts on the space station gotta work out every day
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gotta	gotta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work out** | present · do-support | astronauts on the station gotta |  |  |  | day |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Muscles and bones weaken in space, so they exercise about two hours a day

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t10:o1:1
# text = Muscles and bones weaken in space, so they exercise about two hours a day
1	Muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	weaken	weaken	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	exercise	exercise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weaken** | present | Muscles and bones |  |  | space |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **exercise** | present | Muscles *= muscle* |  |  |  | day; hour |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It keeps them warm, since space is very cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t10:o2:1
# text = It keeps them warm, since space is very cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | them *= they* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | space |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exercise keeps the station spinning the right way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t10:o3:1
# text = Exercise keeps the station spinning the right way
1	Exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Exercise | the station |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund | the station *not said here* | the right way |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There is too much food on board, so they need to burn it off

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:71-rockets-satellites-astronauts:t10:o4:1
# text = There is too much food on board, so they need to burn it off
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | much food on board |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **burn off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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