Exam question 3 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the visibility of the Great Wall from space?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: visibility, space

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» 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 visibility	det
10	visibility	visibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Wall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Wall	det
13	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Wall	amod
14	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 visibility	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 space	case
16	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	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 visibility of the Great Wall		space		of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is the sole artificial structure visible from the surface of the Moon

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	7 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 visible	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 structure	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 structure	amod
5	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 structure	amod
6	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visible	obl:unmarked
7	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 surface	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 surface	det
10	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visible	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Moon	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Moon	det
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the surface of the Moon		the sole artificial structure obl:unmarked; visible property	tree rules

Option 2

It is visible solely during the hours of darkness

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 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visible	cop
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 visible	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hours	det
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 visible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 darkness	case
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				hour	solely, visible property	tree rules

Option 3

It is plainly visible from any orbit

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	4 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 visible	cop
3	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	4 visible	advmod
4	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 orbit	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 orbit	det
7	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			any orbit		plainly, visible property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is not discernible to the naked eye on account of its narrowness

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	4 discernible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 discernible	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 discernible	advmod
4	discernible	discernible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 eye	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eye	det
7	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eye	amod
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discernible	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 account	case
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eye	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 narrowness	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 narrowness	nmod:poss
13	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					to the naked eye on account of account's narrowness; discernible property	tree rules
2	account			account's narrowness					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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