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title: my teacher said the Rubin Observatory is a telescope on the Moon. tr… — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics
description: my teacher said the Rubin Observatory is a telescope on the Moon. true? Test 10 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 10 · Telescopes and light

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my teacher said the Rubin Observatory is a telescope on the Moon. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Rubin Observatory · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** telescope, Moon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t10:1
# text = my teacher said the Rubin Observatory is a telescope on the Moon. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Rubin	Rubin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Observatory	Observatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the Rubin Observatory | a telescope |  | the Moon |  |  | tree rules |

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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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No, it is a radio dish in Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t10:o1:1
# text = No, it is a radio dish in Australia
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a radio dish |  | Australia |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it orbits Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, it orbits Mars
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	orbits	orbit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **orbit** | present | it | Mars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it landed on the Moon in 2025 and took photos from there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, it landed on the Moon in 2025 and took photos from there
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past | it |  |  | the Moon |  | in 2025 | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on moon=Destination |
| 2 | **take** | past |  | photos |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent photo=Theme from there=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it is in Chile and released its first images in 2025

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t10:o4:1
# text = No, it is in Chile and released its first images in 2025
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Chile	Chile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | Chile |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | past |  | its first images |  | 2025 |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer image=Source |
| 3 | **image** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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