Exam question 1 · Hiking and the outdoors

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the temperature upon a mountain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: temperature

This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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 temperature	det
10	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 mountain	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mountain	det
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
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		the temperature				of the following statements; upon a mountain; 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 temperature rises the higher one climbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbs	nsubj
7	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rises	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the temperature						tree rules
2	climb	present	the higher one						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The temperature is constant at all heights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 constant	cop
4	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 heights	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 heights	det
7	heights	height	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 constant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the temperature			all heights		constant property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The temperature falls the higher one climbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbs	nsubj
7	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 falls	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the temperature						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	climb	present	the higher one						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The temperature is highest at the summit at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 highest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 highest	cop
4	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 summit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 summit	det
7	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 highest	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 highest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the temperature			the summit	night	high property	tree rules

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