--- title: James Webb works far from Earth, about 1.5 million km away. Which is… — Telescopes and light · tree and pragmatics description: James Webb works far from Earth, about 1.5 million km away. Which is closest to that? Test 9 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Telescopes and light James Webb works far from Earth, about 1.5 million km away. Which is closest to that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** James · **What happens:** work, be This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* James Webb works far from Earth, about 1.5 million km away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:1 # text = James Webb works far from Earth, about 1.5 million km away. 1 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Webb Webb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 1.5 1.5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 compound _ _ 10 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | James | | | | | away, far *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 is closest to that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:2 # text = Which is closest to that? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | to that; close *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} About the height of a plane ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:o1:1 # text = About the height of a plane 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} About four times the distance to the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:o2:1 # text = About four times the distance to the Moon 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About the distance to the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:o3:1 # text = About the distance to the Sun 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About the distance to Mars at its farthest ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:27-telescopes-and-light:t9:o4:1 # text = About the distance to Mars at its farthest 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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