Exam question 1 · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of an increasing interval between lightning and thunder?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, increase · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 interval	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 interval	det
13	increasing	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 interval	amod
14	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 lightning	case
16	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 interval	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 thunder	cc
18	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 interval	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the significance of a increasing interval between lightning and thunder	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	increase	gerund			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 storm has ended entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	aux
4	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 ended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present · perfect	the storm					entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The storm is moving away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	aux
4	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present · progressive	the storm					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The storm is approaching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approaching	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 approaching	aux
4	approaching	approach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	present · progressive	the storm						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The lightning is becoming stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lightning	det
2	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 becoming	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 becoming	aux
4	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 becoming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · progressive	the lightning					strong property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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