Exam question 3 · What is everything made of?

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of an atom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, composition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1 «What is everything made of?» of the chemistry 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 composition	det
13	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 atom	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 atom	det
16	atom	atom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 composition	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the composition of a atom		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=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 · ← Mova's choice

It comprises a multitude of smaller molecules

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 multitude	det
4	multitude	multitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 molecules	case
6	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 molecules	amod
7	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 multitude	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	a multitude of smaller molecules					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme multitude=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It comprises a nucleus of protons and neutrons, surrounded by electrons

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nucleus	det
4	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 protons	case
6	protons	proton	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nucleus	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 neutrons	cc
8	neutrons	neutron	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 protons	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 surrounded	punct
10	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 protons	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 electrons	case
12	electrons	electron	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 surrounded	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	a nucleus of protons and neutrons					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nucleus=Pivot
2	surround	participle		protons and neutrons not said here					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It comprises a single electron alone

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 electron	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 electron	amod
5	electron	electron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 comprises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	a single electron				alone property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme electron=Pivot

Option 4

It comprises a solid indivisible sphere with no internal parts whatsoever

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sphere	det
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sphere	amod
5	indivisible	indivisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sphere	amod
6	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprises	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 parts	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 parts	det
9	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 parts	amod
10	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obl
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 comprises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	a solid indivisible sphere				with no internal parts; whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sphere=Pivot

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