Exam question 3 · Tsunamis

It is given that a tsunami traverses the deep ocean. Ascertain its characteristics in respect of speed and height.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tsunami, you · What happens: give, traverse, ascertain, respect · To what, where: It, deep ocean, characteristics, respect, speed

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a tsunami traverses the deep ocean.

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	_	7 traverses	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tsunami	det
6	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 traverses	nsubj
7	traverses	traverse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ocean	det
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ocean	amod
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 traverses	obj
11	.	.	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	traverse	present	a tsunami	the deep ocean					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ocean=Co-Theme

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 its characteristics in respect of speed and height.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 characteristics	nmod:poss
3	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 speed	case
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 height	cc
9	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speed	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	tsunami's characteristics		respect of speed and height			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Topic
2	respect			speed and height					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A speed comparable to that of a jet aircraft and a height frequently below one metre

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 speed	det
2	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comparable	obl:unmarked
3	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 that	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 aircraft	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 aircraft	det
8	jet	jet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aircraft	compound
9	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 that	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 height	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 height	det
12	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aircraft	conj
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	16 metre	advmod
14	below	below	ADP	_	16 metre	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 metre	nummod
16	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aircraft	nmod

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

Option 2

A speed comparable to that of a bicycle and a height of several kilometres above the sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 speed	det
2	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comparable	obl:unmarked
3	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 that	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bicycle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bicycle	det
8	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 that	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 height	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 height	det
11	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bicycle	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 kilometres	case
13	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kilometres	amod
14	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 height	nmod
15	above	above	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kilometres	nmod

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

Option 3

A speed comparable to that of a pedestrian and a height of one hundred metres

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 speed	det
2	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comparable	obl:unmarked
3	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 that	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pedestrian	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pedestrian	det
8	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 that	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 height	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 height	det
11	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pedestrian	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 metres	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hundred	compound
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 metres	nummod
15	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 height	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A speed of zero until its arrival at the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 speed	det
2	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 zero	case
4	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 speed	nmod
5	until	until	ADP	_	7 arrival	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arrival	nmod:poss
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 zero	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 shore	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shore	det
10	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		speed			the shore			nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place

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