--- title: Two telescopes are the same except one mirror is much wider. Which s… — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics description: Two telescopes are the same except one mirror is much wider. Which shows fainter stars? Test 2 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/27-telescopes-and-light/t2/) [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/) / [Telescopes and light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/27-telescopes-and-light/) / t2 # Test 2 · Telescopes and light Two telescopes are the same except one mirror is much wider. Which shows fainter stars? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two telescopes · **What happens:** be, show · **To what, where:** fainter stars This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two telescopes are the same except one mirror is much wider. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:1 # text = Two telescopes are the same except one mirror is much wider. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 telescopes telescope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 except except ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Two telescopes | | | | | except one mirror; same *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | wide *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which shows fainter stars? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:2 # text = Which shows fainter stars? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fainter faint ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | fainter stars | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent star=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The one with the wider mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:o1:1 # text = The one with the wider mirror 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The one with the narrower mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:o2:1 # text = The one with the narrower mirror 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 narrower narrow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Both exactly the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:o3:1 # text = Both exactly the same 1 Both both CCONJ CC _ 4 cc:preconj _ _ 2 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Neither shows faint stars ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t2:o4:1 # text = Neither shows faint stars 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Neither | faint stars | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent star=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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