Exam question 3 · Inside the Earth

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the Earth's magnetic field.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 origin	det
13	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 field	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Earth	det
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 field	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Earth	case
18	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 field	amod
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 origin	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		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 origin of the Earth's magnetic field		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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 is generated by the motion of molten iron and nickel within the outer core

The tree, 15 words

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 generated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 generated	aux:pass
3	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 motion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 motion	det
6	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 iron	case
8	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 iron	amod
9	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 motion	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nickel	cc
11	nickel	nickel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 iron	conj
12	within	within	ADP	_	15 core	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 core	det
14	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 core	amod
15	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present · passive	the motion of molten iron and nickel	It				within the outer core	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	motion		molten iron and nickel						nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It arises from magnetised rock in the oceanic crust alone

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 arises	nsubj
2	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	magnetised	magnetise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 crust	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crust	det
8	oceanic	oceanic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crust	compound
9	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arises	obl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 arises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	It			magnetised rock		in the oceanic crust; alone property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in crust=Location
2	magnetise	participle							tree rules

Option 3

It results from the gravitational attraction 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	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 attraction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 attraction	det
5	gravitational	gravitational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 attraction	amod
6	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 attraction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract			the Moon					nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is induced in the planet by the light of the Sun

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 induced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 induced	aux:pass
3	induced	induce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 planet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 planet	det
6	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induced	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 light	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sun	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sun	det
12	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 light	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present · passive	the light of the Sun	It		the planet			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	light			the Sun					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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