Exam question 2 · Maps and scale

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of closely spaced contour lines?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography 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	_	15 lines	case
12	closely	closely	ADV	_	13 spaced	advmod
13	spaced	space	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 lines	amod
14	contour	contour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lines	compound
15	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 significance	nmod
16	?	?	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 spaced contour lines	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	space	participle		closely 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 terrain so depicted is steep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 terrain	det
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steep	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 depicted	advmod
4	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 terrain	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 steep	cop
6	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	participle		the terrain not said here					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the terrain					steep property	tree rules

Option 2

The terrain so depicted is wooded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 terrain	det
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wooded	nsubj:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 depicted	advmod
4	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 terrain	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wooded	aux:pass
6	wooded	wood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	participle		the terrain not said here					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	wood	present · passive		the terrain					tree rules

Option 3

The terrain so depicted lies below sea level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 terrain	det
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lies	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 depicted	advmod
4	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lies	amod
5	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	below	below	ADP	_	8 level	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	participle							vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The terrain so depicted is level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 terrain	det
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 level	nsubj
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 depicted	advmod
4	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 terrain	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 level	cop
6	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	participle		the terrain not said here					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the terrain	level					tree rules

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