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title: Why does a very distant galaxy show us the young universe? — Galaxies and the Big Bang · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a very distant galaxy show us the young universe? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Galaxies and the Big Bang

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Why does a very distant galaxy show us the young universe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** distant galaxy · **What happens:** show · **To what, where:** young universe, us

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t7:1
# text = Why does a very distant galaxy show us the young universe?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	universe	universe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | a distant galaxy | the young universe | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient universe=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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Old galaxies glow younger colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t7:o1:1
# text = Old galaxies glow younger colours
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | Old galaxies | younger colours |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Telescopes can see into the future as well as the past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t7:o2:1
# text = Telescopes can see into the future as well as the past
1	Telescopes	telescope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Telescopes |  |  | the future |  | as the past | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as past=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its light has travelled for billions of years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t7:o3:1
# text = Its light has travelled for billions of years
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	travelled	travell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	billions	billion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travell** | present · perfect | Its light |  |  |  |  | for billions of years | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Distant galaxies are made of baby stars only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t7:o4:1
# text = Distant galaxies are made of baby stars only
1	Distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	galaxies	galaxy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Distant galaxies |  |  |  | of baby stars | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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