--- title: If an astronaut came back after a long stay near a black hole, how m… — Black holes · tree and pragmatics description: If an astronaut came back after a long stay near a black hole, how might her clock compare? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Black holes» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/25-black-holes/t4/) [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/) / [Black holes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/25-black-holes/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Black holes If an astronaut came back after a long stay near a black hole, how might her clock compare? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** astronaut, clock · **What happens:** come back, compare This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Black holes» 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/25-black-holes/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:25-black-holes:t4:1 # text = If an astronaut came back after a long stay near a black hole, how might her clock compare? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 astronaut astronaut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stay stay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 compare compare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | a astronaut | | | | after a long stay near a black hole | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **compare** | might | astronaut's clock | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1} It would show time going backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:25-black-holes:t4:o1:1 # text = It would show time going backwards 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | | | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | gerund | time *not said here* | | | | | backwards *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would show more time passed, because time speeds up there ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:25-black-holes:t4:o2:1 # text = It would show more time passed, because time speeds up there 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 speeds speed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | | | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pass** | participle | | more time *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speed up** | present | time | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It would show less time passed than clocks on Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:25-black-holes:t4:o3:1 # text = It would show less time passed than clocks on Earth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 clocks clock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | | | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pass** | participle | | less time *not said here* | | Earth | | than clocks | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would show exactly the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:25-black-holes:t4:o4:1 # text = It would show exactly the same 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | the same | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent same=Recipient | **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. 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