Exam question 4 · Tsunamis

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the term "tidal wave".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 4 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	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 term	det
13	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 wave	punct
15	tidal	tidal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wave	amod
16	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 term	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 wave	punct
18	.	.	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 term		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer

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

It is the correct scientific term for a tsunami of any kind

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	6 term	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 term	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 term	det
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 term	amod
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 term	amod
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 tsunami	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tsunami	det
9	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 kind	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 kind	det
12	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tsunami	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the correct scientific term				for a tsunami of any kind	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a misnomer, since tsunamis bear no relation to the tides

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	4 misnomer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 misnomer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 misnomer	det
4	misnomer	misnomer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bear	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 bear	mark
7	tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bear	nsubj
8	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 misnomer	acl:relcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 relation	det
10	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bear	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 tides	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tides	det
13	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a misnomer					tree rules
2	bear	present	tsunamis	no relation				to the tides	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Patient

Option 3

It denotes a tsunami occurring only at high tide

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tsunami	det
4	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 tsunami	acl
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 tide	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 tide	case
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tide	amod
9	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occurring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a tsunami					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tsunami=Topic
2	occur	gerund	a tsunami not said here	high tide					tree rules

Option 4

It denotes a tsunami caused by the Moon

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tsunami	det
4	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tsunami	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a tsunami					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tsunami=Topic
2	cause	participle		a tsunami not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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