Exam question 1 · Sun safety

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ultraviolet radiation from the Sun?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 radiation	amod
10	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 Sun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sun	det
13	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 radiation	nmod
14	?	?	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		ultraviolet radiation		the Sun		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

It is invisible, cannot be felt, and burns the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invisible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invisible	cop
3	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 felt	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 felt	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 felt	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 felt	aux:pass
8	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 invisible	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 burns	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 burns	cc
11	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invisible	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 skin	det
13	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		invisible property	tree rules
2	not feel	can · passive				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»
3	burn	present		the skin		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme

Option 2

It is visible as bright yellow light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visible	cop
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 light	case
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					as bright yellow light; visible property	tree rules

Option 3

It is entirely blocked by clouds of every kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blocked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blocked	aux:pass
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 blocked	advmod
4	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 clouds	case
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blocked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kind	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 kind	det
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clouds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present · passive	clouds of every kind	It				entirely property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	cloud			every kind					nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is felt as heat upon the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 felt	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 felt	aux:pass
3	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 heat	case
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 skin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present · passive		It		the skin		as heat	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon skin=Location

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