--- title: Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before… — Distances and light years · tree and pragmatics description: Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before they answer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/t6/) [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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Distances and light years](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/22-distances-and-light-years/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Distances and light years Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before they answer? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Talking, astronauts · **What happens:** talk, be, answer · **To what, where:** short delay This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» 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/22-distances-and-light-years/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t6:1 # text = Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before they answer? 1 Talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 astronauts astronaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 on on 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answer answer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | to astronauts on the Moon | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to astronaut=Co-Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Talking | a short delay | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | astronauts *= astronaut* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} The Moon's thin air slows the sound of their voices ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t6:o1:1 # text = The Moon's thin air slows the sound of their voices 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slow** | present | the Moon's thin air | the sound of their voices | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Radio signals take about 1.3 seconds each way ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t6:o2:1 # text = Radio signals take about 1.3 seconds each way 1 Radio radio NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 1.3 1.3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Radio signals | each way | | | second | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The astronauts think slowly in low gravity ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t6:o3:1 # text = The astronauts think slowly in low gravity 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astronauts astronaut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the astronauts | | | low gravity | | slowly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their radios are very old ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:22-distances-and-light-years:t6:o4:1 # text = Their radios are very old 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 radios radio NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Their radios | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **radio** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom radio «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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