Exam question 2 · Earthquakes

Identify the principal cause of fatalities in the event of a major earthquake.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, cause · To what, where: principal cause, fatalities

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 fatalities	case
6	fatalities	fatality	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 event	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 event	det
9	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fatalities	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 earthquake	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 earthquake	det
12	major	major	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 earthquake	amod
13	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 event	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of fatalities in the event of a major earthquake					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	cause			fatalities in the event of a major earthquake					nom cause «event 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

The collapse of buildings and other structures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collapse	det
2	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 buildings	case
4	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collapse	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 structures	cc
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 structures	amod
7	structures	structure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 buildings	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse		buildings and other structures						nom collapse «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The noise generated by the movement of the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 noise	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 movement	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 movement	det
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	participle		the noise not said here				by the movement of the ground	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient
2	move			the ground					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The opening of fissures which engulf the population

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 opening	det
2	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 fissures	case
4	fissures	fissure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opening	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 engulf	nsubj
6	engulf	engulf	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fissures	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 population	det
8	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 engulf	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engulf	present	fissures	the population					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme population=Co-Theme

Option 4

The emission of lava from ruptured faults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 emission	det
2	emission	emission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 lava	case
4	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emission	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 faults	case
6	ruptured	rupture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 faults	amod
7	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rupture	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	emit			lava		ruptured faults			nom emission «act transitive»: of=patient from=place

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