--- title: How were Penzias and Wilson surprised by their discovery? — Galaxies and the Big Bang · tree and pragmatics description: How were Penzias and Wilson surprised by their discovery? Test 10 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Galaxies and the Big Bang How were Penzias and Wilson surprised by their discovery? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** discovery, Penzias · **What happens:** surprise, discover · **To what, where:** Penzias This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t10:1 # text = How were Penzias and Wilson surprised by their discovery? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 3 Penzias Penzias PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Wilson Wilson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | past · passive | Penzias's discovery | Penzias and Wilson | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **discover** | | Penzias | | | | | | nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They found the radiation by accident, as a puzzling hiss ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t10:o1:1 # text = They found the radiation by accident, as a puzzling hiss 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 radiation radiation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 puzzling puzzling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hiss hiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | They | the radiation | | | | by accident; as a puzzling hiss | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent radiation=Theme as hiss=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} They saw it with their own eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t10:o2:1 # text = They saw it with their own eyes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | They | it | | | | with their own eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} They had been searching for it on purpose for over 50 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t10:o3:1 # text = They had been searching for it on purpose for over 50 years 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | past · perfect · progressive | They | | | purpose | year | for it | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for it=Theme on purpose=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hubble told them where to look ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t10:o4:1 # text = Hubble told them where to look 1 Hubble Hubble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Hubble | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Hubble *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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. - ← previous: [Galaxies and the Big Bang, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/t9/) - next →: [Galaxies and the Big Bang, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/t11/) - ↑ back to [Galaxies and the Big Bang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang/)