Exam question 4 · Finding your way with landmarks

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of moss for the determination of north.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, use · To what, where: response, use, moss

This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» 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 use	det
13	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 moss	case
15	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	nmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 determination	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 determination	det
18	determination	determination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 north	case
20	north	north	ADV	_	18 determination	nmod
21	.	.	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 use of moss	for the determination	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
5	use			moss		nom use «act 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

Moss points towards north in the manner of a compass needle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	nsubj
2	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	4 north	case
4	north	north	ADV	_	2 points	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 needle	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 needle	det
10	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needle	compound
11	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	Moss					in the manner of a compass needle; north property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in manner=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Moss may grow upon any damp and shady side of a tree and is therefore unreliable

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 side	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 side	det
6	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 side	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shady	cc
8	shady	shady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 damp	conj
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tree	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 unreliable	cc
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 unreliable	cop
15	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	16 unreliable	advmod
16	unreliable	unreliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	may	Moss			any damp side of a tree			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location
2	is	present	Moss not said here					therefore, unreliable property	tree rules

Option 3

Moss grows exclusively upon the northern side of trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 trees	case
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Moss			the northern side of trees		exclusively property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location

Option 4

Moss grows exclusively upon the southern side of trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 grows	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 trees	case
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Moss			the southern side of trees		exclusively property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location

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