Exam question 4 · Plate tectonics

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Plate tectonics» 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 reception	det
13	reception	reception	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 hypothesis	case
15	Wegener	Wegener	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hypothesis	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Wegener	case
17	hypothesis	hypothesis	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reception	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 drift	case
19	continental	continental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 drift	amod
20	drift	drift	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hypothesis	nmod
21	.	.	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 reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reception=Experiencer
5	receive			Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift		nom reception «communication 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.

The options

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

It was proposed in 1912 and largely rejected until the evidence of the 1960s

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 proposed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proposed	aux:pass
3	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1912	case
5	1912	1912	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 proposed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rejected	cc
7	largely	largely	ADV	_	8 rejected	advmod
8	rejected	reject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 proposed	conj
9	until	until	ADP	_	11 evidence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 evidence	det
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rejected	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 1960s	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 1960s	det
14	1960s	1960s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	11 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past · passive	It	1912			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	reject	participle			until the evidence of the 1960s	largely property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	evidence		the 1960s				nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It was proposed in the 1960s and accepted immediately by every geologist

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 proposed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proposed	aux:pass
3	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 1960s	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 1960s	det
6	1960s	1960s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	3 proposed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 accepted	cc
8	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proposed	conj
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	8 accepted	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 geologist	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 geologist	det
12	geologist	geologist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past · passive		It		the 1960s			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	accept	past						by every geologist; immediately property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was universally accepted upon its publication in 1912

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 accepted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accepted	aux:pass
3	universally	universally	ADV	_	4 accepted	advmod
4	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 publication	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 publication	nmod:poss
7	publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accepted	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1912	case
9	1912	1912	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past · passive		It		1912		upon its publication; universally property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	publish		its = it						nom publication «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It was refuted conclusively and has since been abandoned

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 refuted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refuted	aux:pass
3	refuted	refute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	3 refuted	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 abandoned	cc
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 abandoned	aux
7	since	since	ADV	_	9 abandoned	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 abandoned	aux:pass
9	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 refuted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refute	past · passive		It				conclusively property	tree rules
2	abandon	present · perfect · passive						since property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»

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