Exam question 1 · Pools, lakes and ice

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the thickness of ice near streams, inlets and bridges?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: thickness

This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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 thickness	det
10	thickness	thickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 ice	case
12	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thickness	nmod
13	near	near	ADP	_	14 streams	case
14	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ice	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 inlets	punct
16	inlets	inlet	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 streams	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bridges	cc
18	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 streams	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the thickness of ice near streams and inlets and bridges				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

The ice is thinner where water moves beneath it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinner	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thinner	cop
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 moves	advmod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	nsubj
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thinner	advcl
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 moves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice					thin property	tree rules
2	move	present	water			ice			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme beneath it=Trajectory

Option 2

The ice is thickest beneath bridges because of shade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thickest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thickest	cop
4	thickest	thick	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 bridges	case
6	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thickest	obl
7	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 shade	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 because	fixed
9	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thickest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice					beneath bridges; because shade; thick property	tree rules

Option 3

The ice is of uniform thickness everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thickness	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thickness	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 thickness	case
5	uniform	uniform	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thickness	amod
6	thickness	thickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 thickness	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice					of uniform thickness; everywhere property	tree rules

Option 4

The ice is thicker where water moves beneath it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thicker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thicker	cop
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 moves	advmod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	nsubj
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thicker	advcl
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 moves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice					thick property	tree rules
2	move	present	water			ice			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme beneath it=Trajectory

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