Exam question 1 · Inside the Earth

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the internal structure of the Earth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: internal structure

This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Inside the Earth» 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	11 structure	det
10	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 structure	amod
11	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Earth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Earth	det
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 structure	nmod
15	?	?	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 internal structure of the Earth				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 · ✓ the right answer

A thin crust overlies a thick mantle, beneath which lie a liquid outer core and a solid inner core

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 overlies	det
2	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 overlies	amod
3	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overlies	compound
4	overlies	overlie	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lie	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mantle	det
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mantle	amod
7	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overlies	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 lie	nsubj
11	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 core	det
13	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 core	amod
14	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 core	amod
15	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lie	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 core	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 core	det
18	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 core	amod
19	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 core	amod
20	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 core	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	a thin crust overlies	a liquid outer core and a solid inner core					vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location core=Theme

Option 2

A thick crust overlies a liquid mantle, beneath which lie a solid outer core and a hollow inner region

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crust	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crust	amod
3	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overlies	nsubj
4	overlies	overlie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mantle	det
6	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mantle	amod
7	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overlies	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 lie	nsubj
11	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 overlies	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 core	det
13	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 core	amod
14	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 core	amod
15	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lie	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 region	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 region	det
18	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 region	amod
19	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 region	amod
20	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 core	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overlie	present	a thick crust	a liquid mantle					tree rules
2	lie	present		a solid outer core and a hollow inner region					vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location core=Theme

Option 3

A molten mantle encloses an inner core composed principally of ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mantle	det
2	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mantle	amod
3	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encloses	nsubj
4	encloses	enclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 core	det
6	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 core	amod
7	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 encloses	obj
8	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 core	acl
9	principally	principally	ADV	_	8 composed	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ice	case
11	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enclose	present	a molten mantle	a inner core					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme core=Co-Theme
2	compose	participle		a inner core not said here				of ice; principally property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The planet consists of homogeneous solid rock from surface to centre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 planet	det
2	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	nsubj
3	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	homogeneous	homogeneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
6	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 surface	case
9	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 centre	case
11	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	the planet			surface		of homogeneous solid rock; to centre	tree rules

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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