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title: A radio signal is sent to astronauts on the Moon, about 384,000 kilo… — Communication: letters, phones, radio… · tree and pragmatics
description: A radio signal is sent to astronauts on the Moon, about 384,000 kilometres away. Roughly how long does it take to arrive? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

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A radio signal is sent to astronauts on the Moon, about 384,000 kilometres away. Roughly how long does it take to arrive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** send, take, arrive · **To what, where:** radio signal, astronauts, signal

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A radio signal is sent to astronauts on the Moon, about 384,000 kilometres away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:1
# text = A radio signal is sent to astronauts on the Moon, about 384,000 kilometres away.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	384,000	384,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive |  | a radio signal | astronauts on the Moon |  |  | away *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to astronaut=Destination |

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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:* Roughly how long does it take to arrive?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:2
# text = Roughly how long does it take to arrive?
1	Roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · do-support |  | signal |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **arrive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About one hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:o1:1
# text = About one hour
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A little more than one second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:o2:1
# text = A little more than one second
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:o3:1
# text = About one day
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It arrives at exactly the same instant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t4:o4:1
# text = It arrives at exactly the same instant
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | present | It |  |  | the same instant |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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