Exam question 1 · Mountains and highlands

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between the highest and the tallest mountain on Earth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Mountains and highlands» 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 distinction	det
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 highest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 highest	det
13	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 distinction	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 mountain	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mountain	det
16	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 mountain	amod
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinction	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 Earth	case
19	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 mountain	nmod
20	?	?	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 distinction and the tallest mountain on Earth				of the following statements; between the highest; 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

Mauna Kea possesses the greatest elevation above sea level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
2	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mauna	flat
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elevation	det
5	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 elevation	amod
6	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 level	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 level	compound
9	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 elevation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Mauna	the greatest elevation		sea level			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot elevation=Theme

Option 2

Kilimanjaro possesses the greatest height measured from any base

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 height	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 height	amod
5	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 height	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 base	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 base	det
9	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Kilimanjaro	the greatest height					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot height=Theme
2	measure	participle		the greatest height not said here		any base			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Everest possesses the greatest elevation above sea level, whereas Mauna Kea is the tallest measured from its base

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everest	everest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 elevation	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 elevation	amod
5	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 level	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 elevation	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 measured	punct
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	16 measured	mark
11	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 measured	nsubj:pass
12	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Mauna	flat
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 measured	aux:pass
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 measured	det
15	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 measured	advmod
16	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 possesses	parataxis
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 base	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 base	nmod:poss
19	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Everest	the greatest elevation		sea level			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot elevation=Theme
2	measure	present · passive		Mauna		Everest's base			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 4

Mount Everest possesses both the greatest elevation and the greatest height from base

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Everest	compound
2	Everest	everest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	CCONJ	_	7 elevation	cc:preconj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elevation	det
6	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 elevation	amod
7	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 height	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 height	det
10	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 height	amod
11	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elevation	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 base	case
13	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 height	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Mount Everest	the greatest elevation and the greatest height from base					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot elevation=Theme

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