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description: In a cartoon, someone stands safely outside the universe watching the Big Bang go off. What is wrong? Test 8 · ★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Galaxies and the Big Bang

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In a cartoon, someone stands safely outside the universe watching the Big Bang go off. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, universe, Big Bang · **What happens:** stand, watch, go off, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, Big Bang

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, someone stands safely outside the universe watching the Big Bang go off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, someone stands safely outside the universe watching the Big Bang go off.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	universe	universe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Bang	Bang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | someone |  |  | a cartoon |  | outside the universe; safely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the universe *not said here* | the Big Bang |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go off** | infinitive | the Big Bang *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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There was no outside: all of space itself was stretching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:o1:1
# text = There was no outside: all of space itself was stretching
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	outside	outside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no outside |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stretch** | past · progressive | all |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Big Bang was much too quiet and dark for anyone to watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:o2:1
# text = The Big Bang was much too quiet and dark for anyone to watch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bang	Bang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Big Bang |  |  |  |  | for anyone; quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the Big Bang *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the Big Bang *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Big Bang happened on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:o3:1
# text = The Big Bang happened on Earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bang	Bang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | the Big Bang |  |  | Earth |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on earth=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, that is how it was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:24-galaxies-and-the-big-bang:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing, that is how it was
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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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