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title: Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty… — Galaxies and the Big Bang · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space". What is right? Test 1 · ★ 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Galaxies and the Big Bang

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Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space". What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, Big Bang · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** massive explosion, one spot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Galaxies and the Big Bang» 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/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:1
# text = Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space".
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Bang	Bang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the Big Bang | a massive explosion |  | one spot in empty space |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It was two galaxies crashing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:o1:1
# text = It was two galaxies crashing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | two galaxies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crash** | gerund | two galaxies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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It was all of space stretching at once, everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:o2:1
# text = It was all of space stretching at once, everywhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was the Sun exploding and throwing out all the planets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:o3:1
# text = It was the Sun exploding and throwing out all the planets
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	exploding	explode	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw out** | gerund |  | all planets |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He is right, it was one bomb in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t1:o4:1
# text = He is right, it was one bomb in the middle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	bomb	bomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | one bomb |  | the middle |  |  | tree rules |

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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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