---
title: State the approximate age of a ten-year-old observer at the moment w… — Olympiad: stars, light and space histo… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the approximate age of a ten-year-old observer at the moment when the light of Proxima Centauri now reaching him departed that star. Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Olympiad: stars, light and space histo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the approximate age of a ten-year-old observer at the moment when the light of Proxima Centauri now reaching him departed that star.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** light, approximate age · **What happens:** reach, depart, light · **To what, where:** age, State, Proxima

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» of the space course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e1:1
# text = State the approximate age of a ten-year-old observer at the moment when the light of Proxima Centauri now reaching him departed that star.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	observer	observer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Proxima	Proxima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	Centauri	Centauri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
27	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | gerund | the light of Proxima | age |  |  | now |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **depart** | past | the approximate age of a old observer at the moment | State |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme star=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **light** |  |  | Proxima |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About fourteen years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e1:o1:1
# text = About fourteen years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About six years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e1:o2:1
# text = About six years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About four years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e1:o3:1
# text = About four years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About ten years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history:e1:o4:1
# text = About ten years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Olympiad: stars, light and space histo…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/t12/)
- next →: [Olympiad: stars, light and space histo…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/)