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title: If Earth had no air at all, what could ground telescopes do better? — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics
description: If Earth had no air at all, what could ground telescopes do better? Test 11 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 11 · Telescopes and light

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If Earth had no air at all, what could ground telescopes do better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Earth, ground telescopes · **What happens:** have, do · **To what, where:** air, all

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t11:1
# text = If Earth had no air at all, what could ground telescopes do better?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	telescopes	telescope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Earth | no air |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present | ground telescopes |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Hear sounds from stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t11:o1:1
# text = Hear sounds from stars
1	Hear	hear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing would change at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t11:o2:1
# text = Nothing would change at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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See through the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t11:o3:1
# text = See through the Sun
1	See	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the Sun |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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See sharper and catch X-rays from space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t11:o4:1
# text = See sharper and catch X-rays from space
1	See	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sharper	sharp	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **catch** | present | you *not said here* | X rays |  | space |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ray=Theme from space=Source |

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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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