Exam question 3 · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the deflection of moving air by the rotation of the Earth.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, deflection, Earth · What happens: select, establish, concern, move, rotate · To what, where: response, deflection, air

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 deflection	det
11	deflection	deflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 moving	mark
13	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 deflection	acl
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moving	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 rotation	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rotation	det
17	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moving	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Earth	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Earth	det
20	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 rotation	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the deflection		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deflection=Experiencer
4	move	gerund	the deflection not said here	air	by the rotation of the Earth	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent air=Theme
5	rotate		the Earth			nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 right answer

Air is deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deflected	aux:pass
3	deflected	deflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 right	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 right	det
6	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	obl
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	3 deflected	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 left	cc
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 left	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 left	det
14	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hemisphere	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 southern	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 southern	det
17	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deflected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deflect	present · passive		Air		the northern hemisphere and the left		to the right; in the southern	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Air is deflected solely in the vicinity of the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deflected	aux:pass
3	deflected	deflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 deflected	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 vicinity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vicinity	det
7	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 equator	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 equator	det
10	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vicinity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deflect	present · passive		Air		the vicinity of the equator		solely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Air is deflected to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deflected	aux:pass
3	deflected	deflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 left	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 left	det
6	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deflected	obl
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	3 deflected	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 right	cc
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 right	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 right	det
14	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hemisphere	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 southern	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 southern	det
17	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 right	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deflect	present · passive		Air		the northern hemisphere and the right in the southern		to the left	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Such deflection determines the direction of drainage in domestic basins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deflection	amod
2	deflection	deflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	nsubj
3	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 direction	det
5	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 drainage	case
7	drainage	drainage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 direction	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 basins	case
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 basins	amod
10	basins	basin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 determines	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	Such deflection	the direction of drainage		domestic basins			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic

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