Exam question 4 · Earthquakes

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the forecasting of earthquakes.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, forecast · To what, where: response, forecasting, earthquakes

This is exam question 4 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	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 forecasting	det
13	forecasting	forecasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 earthquakes	case
15	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 forecasting	nmod
16	.	.	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 forecasting of earthquakes		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus forecasting=Experiencer
5	forecast			earthquakes		nom forecasting «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

Earthquakes occur only upon those dates determined by the phases of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 dates	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 dates	case
5	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 dates	det
6	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	obj
7	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dates	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 phases	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 phases	det
10	phases	phase	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 determined	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Moon	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Moon	det
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 phases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Earthquakes	that dates					tree rules
2	determine	participle		that dates not said here				by the phases of the Moon	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The precise date and hour may be predicted with confidence one week in advance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 date	det
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 date	amod
3	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicted	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hour	cc
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 date	conj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 predicted	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 predicted	aux:pass
8	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 confidence	case
10	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicted	obl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 week	nummod
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicted	obl:unmarked
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 advance	case
14	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict	may · passive		the precise date and hour		advance	week	with confidence	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The precise date cannot be predicted, although regions of hazard may be mapped

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 date	det
2	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 date	amod
3	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 predicted	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 predicted	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 predicted	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 predicted	aux:pass
7	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mapped	punct
9	although	although	SCONJ	_	15 mapped	mark
10	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 mapped	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 hazard	case
12	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 regions	nmod
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 mapped	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 mapped	aux:pass
15	mapped	map	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 predicted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not predict	can · passive		the precise date					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	map	may · passive		regions of hazard					tree rules

Option 4

Neither the date nor the region of hazard can be determined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	11 determined	cc:preconj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 date	det
3	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 determined	nsubj:pass
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 region	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 region	det
6	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 date	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 hazard	case
8	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 region	nmod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 determined	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 determined	aux:pass
11	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	can · passive		the date nor the region of hazard					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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