Exam question 1 · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the supercontinent Pangaea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: supercontinent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» 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 supercontinent	det
10	supercontinent	supercontinent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 supercontinent	appos
12	?	?	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 supercontinent				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

The final supercontinent, after which no other shall form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 supercontinent	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 supercontinent	amod
3	supercontinent	supercontinent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 form	punct
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 form	nsubj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 other	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 which	obl:unmarked
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 form	aux
10	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 supercontinent	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	shall	the final supercontinent						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

An oceanic basin that occupied the present position of the Pacific

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 basin	det
2	oceanic	oceanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 basin	amod
3	basin	basin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 occupied	nsubj
5	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 basin	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 position	det
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 position	amod
8	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupied	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Pacific	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pacific	det
11	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 position	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	past	a oceanic basin	the present position of the Pacific					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A landmass that formed approximately fifty million years ago in Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 landmass	det
2	landmass	landmass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 formed	nsubj
4	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 landmass	acl:relcl
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 million	advmod
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 million	compound
7	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ago	obl:unmarked
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 formed	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Asia	case
11	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past	a landmass			Asia		ago property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in asia=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A landmass comprising almost all continental crust, extant some 300-200 million years ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 landmass	det
2	landmass	landmass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 extant	nsubj
3	comprising	comprise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 landmass	acl
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	7 crust	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 crust	det
6	continental	continental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crust	amod
7	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comprising	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 extant	punct
9	extant	extant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 years	det
11	300-200	300-200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 million	compound
12	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 extant	obl:unmarked
14	ago	ago	ADV	_	13 years	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	gerund	a landmass not said here	all continental crust					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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