Exam question 2 · The beach and the sea
Identify the appearance commonly presented by a rip current.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, present · To what, where: appearance
This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 appearance | det |
| 3 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | commonly | commonly | ADV | _ | 5 presented | advmod |
| 5 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 appearance | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 current | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 current | det |
| 8 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 current | compound |
| 9 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 presented | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the appearance | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme | ||||
| 2 | present | participle | the appearance not said here | by a rip current; commonly property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
A calmer and darker gap where fewer waves break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gap | det |
| 2 | calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 gap | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 darker | cc |
| 4 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 calmer | conj |
| 5 | gap | gap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 break | advmod |
| 7 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 waves | amod |
| 8 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 break | nsubj |
| 9 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gap | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | fewer waves | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
A ring of bubbles around a swimmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ring | det |
| 2 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 bubbles | case |
| 4 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ring | nmod |
| 5 | around | around | ADP | _ | 7 swimmer | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 swimmer | det |
| 7 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ring | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A line of high white breaking waves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 line | det |
| 2 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 waves | case |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 waves | amod |
| 5 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 waves | amod |
| 6 | breaking | breaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waves | compound |
| 7 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 line | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A patch of bright green water lying close to the sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 patch | det |
| 2 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 4 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 patch | nmod |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 patch | acl |
| 8 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 lying | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 sand | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sand | det |
| 11 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | a patch of bright green water not said here | to the sand; close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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