Exam question 3 · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the softening of an impact.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, soften · To what, where: response, softening, impact

This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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 softening	det
13	softening	softening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 impact	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 impact	det
16	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 softening	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 softening of a impact		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus softening=Experiencer
5	soften			a impact		nom softening «process transitive»: of=patient

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

The duration of the stopping exerts no influence upon the force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duration	det
2	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exerts	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 stopping	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stopping	det
5	stopping	stopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 duration	nmod
6	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 influence	det
8	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exerts	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 force	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 force	det
11	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	the duration of the stopping	no influence				upon the force	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme

Option 2

A soft surface renders an impact more severe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 surface	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 surface	amod
3	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	nsubj
4	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 impact	det
6	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 severe	advmod
8	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	a soft surface	a impact				severe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impact=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An impact is rendered gentler where the stopping takes place over a longer period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 impact	det
2	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	aux:pass
4	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	gentler	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 rendered	xcomp
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 takes	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stopping	det
8	stopping	stopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	nsubj
9	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	advcl
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	obj
11	over	over	ADP	_	14 period	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 period	det
13	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 period	amod
14	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		a impact				gentle property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take	present	the stopping	place		a longer period			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Option 4

An impact is rendered gentler where the stopping is made as abrupt as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 impact	det
2	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	aux:pass
4	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	gentler	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 rendered	xcomp
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 made	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stopping	det
8	stopping	stopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rendered	advcl
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 abrupt	advmod
12	abrupt	abrupt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	xcomp
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 possible	mark
14	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		a impact				gentle property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	present · passive		the stopping				abrupt, possible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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