Exam question 1 · Tsunamis

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tsunami?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: tsunami

This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tsunami	det
10	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		a tsunami				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 right answer

A series of waves generated by the sudden displacement of a great volume of water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 series	det
2	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 waves	case
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 series	nmod
5	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 waves	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 displacement	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 displacement	det
8	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 displacement	amod
9	displacement	displacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 generated	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 volume	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 volume	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 volume	amod
13	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displacement	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 water	case
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 volume	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	participle		waves not said here				by the sudden displacement of a great volume of water	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A rise in sea level occurring each day at high tide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rise	det
2	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 level	case
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 level	compound
5	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rise	nmod
6	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 rise	acl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurring	obl:unmarked
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 tide	case
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tide	amod
11	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund	a rise in sea level not said here			high tide	day		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at tide=Location

Option 3

A wave generated exclusively by persistent winds over the ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wave	det
2	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wave	acl
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 generated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 winds	case
6	persistent	persistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 winds	amod
7	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 generated	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 ocean	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ocean	det
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	participle		a wave not said here		the ocean		by persistent winds; exclusively property	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A single wave produced by the gravitational action of the Moon upon the ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wave	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wave	amod
3	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wave	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 action	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
7	gravitational	gravitational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	amod
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produced	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Moon	det
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 ocean	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ocean	det
14	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	participle		a single wave not said here				by the gravitational action of the Moon; upon the ocean	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	act		the Moon						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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