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Exam question 4 · Directions, latitude and longitude

It is given that an observer in the northern hemisphere measures the Pole Star at an elevation of fifty degrees. Determine the observer's approximate latitude.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: observer, you · What happens: give, measure, elevate, determine · To what, where: It, Pole Star, elevation, fifty degrees, approximate latitude

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an observer in the northern hemisphere measures the Pole Star at an elevation of fifty degrees.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 measures	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 observer	det
6	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 measures	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 hemisphere	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hemisphere	det
9	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hemisphere	amod
10	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observer	nmod
11	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Star	det
13	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Star	compound
14	Star	Star	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 measures	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 elevation	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 elevation	det
17	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 measures	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 degrees	case
19	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 degrees	nummod
20	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 elevation	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	measure	present	a observer in the northern hemisphere	the Pole Star		a elevation of fifty degrees			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent star=Theme at elevation=Value
3	elevate			fifty degrees					nom elevation «event 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.

Sentence 2: Determine the observer's approximate latitude.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 observer	det
3	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 latitude	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 observer	case
5	approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 latitude	amod
6	latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the observer's approximate latitude					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latitude=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fifty degrees north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 degrees	nummod
2	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	north	north	ADV	_	2 degrees	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Forty degrees north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 degrees	nummod
2	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	north	north	ADV	_	2 degrees	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Fifty degrees south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 degrees	nummod
2	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	south	south	ADV	_	2 degrees	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Ninety degrees north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 degrees	nummod
2	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	north	north	ADV	_	2 degrees	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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