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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the motion of distant galaxies. Exam question 4 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 choic
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# Exam question 4 · Galaxies and the Big Bang

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the motion of distant galaxies.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, distant galaxies · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, motion · **To what, where:** response, motion

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the motion of distant galaxies.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the motion of distant galaxies |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus motion=Experiencer |
| 5 | **motion** |  | distant galaxies |  |  |  |  |  | nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The more distant a galaxy, the faster it recedes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e4:o1:1
# text = The more distant a galaxy, the faster it recedes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	recedes	recede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recede** | present | galaxy |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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All galaxies approach the Milky Way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e4:o2:1
# text = All galaxies approach the Milky Way
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	approach	approach	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	Milky	milky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | present | all galaxies | the Milky Way |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All galaxies are at rest relative to one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e4:o3:1
# text = All galaxies are at rest relative to one another
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all galaxies |  |  | rest relative |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The nearer a galaxy, the faster it recedes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:e4:o4:1
# text = The nearer a galaxy, the faster it recedes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	recedes	recede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recede** | present | galaxy |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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