Exam question 4 · The great rivers

Ascertain the principal consequence of the completion of the Aswan High Dam in the year 1970.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, complete · To what, where: principal consequence, Aswan High Dam

This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 completion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 completion	det
7	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 Dam	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Dam	det
10	Aswan	Aswan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Dam	compound
11	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Dam	amod
12	Dam	Dam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 completion	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Dam	nmod
16	1970	1970	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 year	flat
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of the completion of the Aswan High Dam in the year					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	complete			the Aswan High Dam in the year					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The Blue Nile ceased to contribute water to the Nile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Nile	det
2	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Nile	amod
3	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	nsubj
4	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 contribute	mark
6	contribute	contribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ceased	xcomp
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contribute	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Nile	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Nile	det
10	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 contribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	the Blue Nile						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	contribute	to-infinitive	the Blue Nile not said here	water	the Nile				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Theme to nile=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The annual inundation of the Nile was terminated, affording regular water and electricity whilst retaining the silt

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 inundation	det
2	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inundation	amod
3	inundation	inundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 terminated	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Nile	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Nile	det
6	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 inundation	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 terminated	aux:pass
8	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 affording	punct
10	affording	afford	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 terminated	advcl
11	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 affording	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 electricity	cc
14	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	conj
15	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	16 retaining	mark
16	retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 affording	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 silt	det
18	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 retaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	terminate	past · passive	the annual inundation of the Nile	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	afford	gerund	regular water and electricity	tree rules
3	retain	gerund	the silt	tree rules
4	inundate		the Nile	nom inundation «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The annual inundation of the Nile was rendered more severe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 inundation	det
2	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inundation	amod
3	inundation	inundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rendered	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Nile	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Nile	det
6	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 inundation	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rendered	aux:pass
8	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 severe	advmod
10	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	past · passive		the annual inundation of the Nile				severe property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	inundate			the Nile					nom inundation «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The Nile was diverted into the Red Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Nile	det
2	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 diverted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 diverted	aux:pass
4	diverted	divert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 Sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sea	det
7	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	compound
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 diverted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divert	past · passive		the Nile		the Red Sea			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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