Exam question 3 · The Arctic and Antarctica

Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic South Pole.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, expedition · What happens: ascertain, be, attain · To what, where: geographic South Pole

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «The Arctic and Antarctica» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 expedition	det
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 first	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 first	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 first	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ascertain	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 attain	mark
8	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 first	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pole	det
10	geographic	geographic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Pole	amod
11	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Pole	compound
12	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attain	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	which expedition		first property	tree rules
3	attain	to-infinitive		the geographic South Pole		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme

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 Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen, on the fourteenth of December 1911

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 expedition	det
2	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expedition	amod
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expedition	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Roald	case
6	Roald	Roald	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 led	obl:agent
7	Amundsen	Amundsen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Roald	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fourteenth	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 fourteenth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fourteenth	det
11	fourteenth	fourteenth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expedition	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 December	case
13	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fourteenth	nmod
14	1911	1911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 December	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	participle		the Norwegian expedition and the fourteenth of December not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 2

The expedition led by Sir John Franklin, in the year 1845

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expedition	det
2	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 expedition	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 John	case
5	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 John	nmod:desc
6	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl:agent
7	Franklin	Franklin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 John	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 year	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expedition	appos
12	1845	1845	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	participle		the expedition not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 3

The British expedition led by Robert Scott, in the year 1912

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 expedition	det
2	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expedition	amod
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expedition	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Robert	case
6	Robert	Robert	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 led	obl:agent
7	Scott	Scott	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Robert	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 year	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expedition	nmod
12	1912	1912	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	participle		the British expedition in the year not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 4

No expedition has hitherto attained the South Pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 expedition	det
2	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attained	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 attained	aux
4	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	5 attained	advmod
5	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pole	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Pole	compound
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attained	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attain	present · perfect · passive		no expedition				hitherto property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary pole=Theme

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