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title: Noah thinks the main point of a telescope is to make stars look bigg… — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah thinks the main point of a telescope is to make stars look bigger. What is closer to the truth? Test 1 of lesson 27 «Telescopes and light» 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 1 · Telescopes and light

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Noah thinks the main point of a telescope is to make stars look bigger. What is closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, main point · **What happens:** think, be, look, point · **To what, where:** telescope · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 27 «Telescopes and light» 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/27-telescopes-and-light/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah thinks the main point of a telescope is to make stars look bigger.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:1
# text = Noah thinks the main point of a telescope is to make stars look bigger.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
12	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the main point of a telescope |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | the main point of a telescope *not said here* |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **point** |  |  | a telescope |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 closer to the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:2
# text = What is closer to the truth?
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	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Its main job is to collect more light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:o1:1
# text = Its main job is to collect more light
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	collect	collect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its main job |  |  |  |  | collect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It mainly changes their colour so we can tell them apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:o2:1
# text = It mainly changes their colour so we can tell them apart
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | It | their colour |  |  |  | mainly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | we |  | them *= they* |  |  | apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It mainly makes the stars hotter so they glow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:o3:1
# text = It mainly makes the stars hotter so they glow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the stars |  |  |  | hot, mainly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material star=Product |
| 2 | **glow** | present | stars *= star* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It mainly brings the stars much nearer to us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t1:o4:1
# text = It mainly brings the stars much nearer to us
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | It | the stars |  |  |  | mainly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent star=Theme |

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