Exam question 1 · Earthquakes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the epicentre of an earthquake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: epicentre

This is exam question 1 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» 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 epicentre	det
10	epicentre	epicentre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 earthquake	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 earthquake	det
13	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 epicentre	nmod
14	?	?	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 epicentre of a earthquake				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 point within the crust at which the rupture originates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 originates	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 crust	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crust	det
5	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rupture	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rupture	det
9	rupture	rupture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crust	appos
10	originates	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	present	the point within the crust						vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The point upon the surface situated directly above the focus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	nmod
6	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 surface	acl
7	directly	directly	ADV	_	6 situated	advmod
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 focus	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 focus	det
10	focus	focus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		the surface not said here		the focus		directly property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above focus=Destination

Option 3

The location at which the greatest number of casualties occurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 occurs	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occurs	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 casualties	case
9	casualties	casualty	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod
10	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 location	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	the greatest number of casualties			the location			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at which=Location

Option 4

The point upon the opposite side of the planet from the focus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 side	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 planet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 planet	det
9	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 focus	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 focus	det
12	focus	focus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 planet	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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