Exam question 3 · Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the lowest temperature recorded at a meteorological station.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, record · To what, where: response, lowest temperature, meteorological station

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth» 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	12 temperature	det
11	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 temperature	amod
12	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 temperature	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 station	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 station	det
16	meteorological	meteorological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 station	amod
17	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recorded	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 lowest temperature			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus temperature=Experiencer
4	record	participle		the lowest temperature not said here	a meteorological station		vn scribble-25.2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

A temperature of approximately minus two hundred degrees Celsius was recorded at the South Pole during the polar night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 degrees	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 hundred	advmod
5	minus	minus	ADV	_	7 hundred	advmod
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hundred	compound
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 degrees	nummod
8	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 temperature	nmod
9	Celsius	Celsius	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 degrees	nmod:unmarked
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 recorded	aux:pass
11	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 Pole	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Pole	det
14	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Pole	compound
15	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 recorded	obl
16	during	during	ADP	_	19 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 night	det
18	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 night	amod
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		a temperature of hundred degrees Celsius		the South Pole	night		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at pole=Destination

Option 2

A temperature of approximately minus forty degrees Celsius was recorded at the North Pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 degrees	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 degrees	advmod
5	minus	minus	ADP	_	7 degrees	case
6	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 degrees	nummod
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 temperature	nmod
8	Celsius	Celsius	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 degrees	nmod:unmarked
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 recorded	aux:pass
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 Pole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Pole	det
13	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Pole	compound
14	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		a temperature of forty degrees Celsius		the North Pole			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at pole=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A temperature of approximately minus eighty-nine degrees Celsius was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica, in 1983

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	9 degrees	case
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	9 degrees	advmod
5	minus	minus	ADP	_	9 degrees	case
6	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 nine	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 eighty	punct
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 degrees	nummod
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 temperature	nmod
10	Celsius	Celsius	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 degrees	nmod:unmarked
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 recorded	aux:pass
12	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 Station	case
14	Vostok	Vostok	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Station	compound
15	Station	Station	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 recorded	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Antarctica	punct
17	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Station	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 1983	punct
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 1983	case
20	1983	1983	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		a temperature of nine degrees Celsius		Vostok Station and Antarctica		in 1983	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1983=Destination

Option 4

No temperature below minus fifty degrees Celsius has ever been recorded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	below	below	ADV	_	5 fifty	advmod
4	minus	minus	ADV	_	5 fifty	advmod
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 degrees	nummod
6	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 temperature	appos
7	Celsius	Celsius	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 degrees	nmod:unmarked
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 recorded	aux
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 recorded	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 recorded	aux:pass
11	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · perfect · passive		no temperature			ever		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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