Exam question 3 · Directions, latitude and longitude

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the prime meridian?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: prime meridian

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Directions, latitude and longitude» 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	7 consistent	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	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 meridian	det
14	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 meridian	amod
15	meridian	meridian	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the prime meridian		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus meridian=Experiencer

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

It passes through Greenwich and was so agreed in 1884

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 Greenwich	case
4	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 agreed	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 agreed	aux:pass
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 agreed	advmod
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 passes	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1884	case
10	1884	1884	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			Greenwich			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through greenwich=Location
2	agree speech: agree	past · passive				1884			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»

Option 2

It coincides with the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 coincides	nsubj
2	coincides	coincide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 equator	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 equator	det
5	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coincides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coincide	present	It					with the equator	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with equator=Co-Patient

Option 3

It passes through Paris and was so agreed in 1884

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 Paris	case
4	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 agreed	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 agreed	aux:pass
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 agreed	advmod
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 passes	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1884	case
10	1884	1884	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			Paris			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through paris=Location
2	agree speech: agree	past · passive				1884			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

It passes through Washington

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 Washington	case
4	Washington	Washington	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			Washington			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through washington=Location

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