Exam question 4 · Anger and fears

Ascertain the information obtained by counting the seconds between the flash and the thunder.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, obtain, count · To what, where: information

This is exam question 4 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 information	det
3	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 information	acl
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 counting	mark
6	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 obtained	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 seconds	det
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 counting	obj
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 flash	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flash	det
11	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seconds	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thunder	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 thunder	det
14	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flash	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the information		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Topic
2	obtain	participle		the information not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	count	gerund			second	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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 right answer

Whether the storm approaches or recedes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 approaches	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approaches	nsubj
4	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 recedes	cc
6	recedes	recede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 approaches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	present	the storm						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recede	present	the storm not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Whether the lightning was coloured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 coloured	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lightning	det
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coloured	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 coloured	aux:pass
5	coloured	colour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	colour	past · passive		the lightning					tree rules

Option 3

How long the rain shall last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 last	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 last	nsubj
5	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 last	aux
6	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	shall	the rain					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The precise temperature of the air at that moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 temperature	det
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 temperature	amod
3	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 temperature	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 moment	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 moment	det
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 temperature	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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