Exam question 3 · The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life u…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Antarctic Circumpolar Current

This is exam question 3 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Current	det
11	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Current	compound
12	Circumpolar	Circumpolar	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Current	compound
13	Current	Current	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Antarctic Circumpolar Current		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus current=Experiencer

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

Option 1

It is a current of air rather than of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 current	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 current	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 current	det
4	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 air	case
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 current	nmod
7	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	10 water	cc
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 rather	fixed
9	of	of	ADP	_	7 rather	fixed
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 current	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a current rather water				of air	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It encircles Antarctica and is the strongest ocean current on Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 encircles	nsubj
2	encircles	encircle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 encircles	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 current	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 current	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 current	det
7	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 current	amod
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 current	compound
9	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encircles	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Earth	case
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 current	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encircle	present	It	Antarctica					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme antarctica=Co-Theme
2	is a	present		the strongest ocean current		Earth			tree rules

Option 3

It is a freshwater river flowing beneath the thick ice of Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 river	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 river	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 river	det
4	freshwater	freshwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 river	compound
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 river	acl
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 ice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ice	det
9	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ice	amod
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flowing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Antarctica	case
12	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a freshwater river					tree rules
2	flow	gerund	a freshwater river not said here			the thick ice of Antarctica			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath ice=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It flows only during the southern winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 winter	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	7 winter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
6	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 winter	amod
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	It				winter		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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