Exam question 3 · Earthquakes
It is given that an earthquake of magnitude 7 has occurred. Ascertain the approximate energy released relative to an earthquake of magnitude 6.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, approximate energy · What happens: give, occur, ascertain, release · To what, where: It, earthquake, approximate energy, relative
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that an earthquake of magnitude 7 has occurred.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 occurred | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 earthquake | det |
| 6 | earthquake | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 occurred | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 magnitude | case |
| 8 | magnitude | magnitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 earthquake | nmod |
| 9 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 magnitude | flat |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 occurred | aux |
| 11 | occurred | occur | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | occur | present · perfect · passive | a earthquake of magnitude | 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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the approximate energy released relative to an earthquake of magnitude 6.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 energy | det |
| 3 | approximate | approximate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 energy | amod |
| 4 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 energy | acl |
| 6 | relative | relative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 released | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 earthquake | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 earthquake | det |
| 9 | earthquake | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 released | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 magnitude | case |
| 11 | magnitude | magnitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 earthquake | nmod |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 magnitude | flat |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the approximate energy | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Topic | ||||
| 2 | release | participle | the approximate energy not said here | relative | to a earthquake of magnitude | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer relative=Source |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Approximately thirty-two times greater
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 4 two | advmod |
| 2 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 two | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 thirty | punct |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 times | nummod |
| 5 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 greater | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Exactly equal in quantity to the former
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 equal | advmod |
| 2 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 quantity | case |
| 4 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 equal | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 former | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 former | det |
| 7 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 equal | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Approximately one-tenth as great in quantity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 4 tenth | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 tenth | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 one | punct |
| 4 | tenth | tenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 great | case |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tenth | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 quantity | case |
| 8 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tenth | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Approximately twice as great
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 2 twice | advmod |
| 2 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 great | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 great | advmod |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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