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title: In a cartoon, a scientist in a London back garden takes an X-ray pic… — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a scientist in a London back garden takes an X-ray picture of a star with a backyard telescope. What is wrong? Test 5 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 cho
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# Test 5 · Telescopes and light

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In a cartoon, a scientist in a London back garden takes an X-ray picture of a star with a backyard telescope. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientist · **What happens:** take, be · **To what, where:** ray picture, cartoon

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a scientist in a London back garden takes an X-ray picture of a star with a backyard telescope.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a scientist in a London back garden takes an X-ray picture of a star with a backyard telescope.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	backyard	backyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a scientist in a London back garden | a ray picture of a star with a backyard telescope |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent picture=Value in cartoon=Location |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, that works fine as long as the backyard telescope is big enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, that works fine as long as the backyard telescope is big enough
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	backyard	backyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine, long *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | big, enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stars give out no light at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:o2:1
# text = Stars give out no light at all
1	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present | Stars | no light |  | all |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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X-rays from space are blocked by the air, so it must be in space

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:o3:1
# text = X-rays from space are blocked by the air, so it must be in space
1	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present · passive | the air | X rays from space |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | must | air |  |  | space |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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X-rays are only made in hospitals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t5:o4:1
# text = X-rays are only made in hospitals
1	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | X rays |  | hospitals |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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