--- title: Ascertain the approximate age of the universe according to the Big B… — Galaxies and the Big Bang · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the approximate age of the universe according to the Big Bang theory. Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Galaxies and the Big Bang» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Galaxies and the Big Bang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Galaxies and the Big Bang Ascertain the approximate age of the universe according to the Big Bang theory. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, accord · **To what, where:** approximate age This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Galaxies and the Big Bang» of the space 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/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the approximate age of the universe according to the Big Bang theory. 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 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 universe universe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Bang Bang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . 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 age of the universe accord the Bang theory | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Topic | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} About thirteen point eight million years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e2:o1:1 # text = About thirteen point eight million years 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} About thirteen point eight billion years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e2:o2:1 # text = About thirteen point eight billion years 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 billion billion NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About four point six billion years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e2:o3:1 # text = About four point six billion years 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 billion billion NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About six thousand years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e2:o4:1 # text = About six thousand years 1 About about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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