Exam question 3 · Rivers shaping the land

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning flood plains.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» 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	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plains	compound
13	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	.	.	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	flood plains		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plain=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 · ✓ the right answer

They are level lands built of deposited silt and are highly fertile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lands	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lands	cop
3	level	level	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lands	amod
4	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lands	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 silt	case
7	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 silt	amod
8	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 built	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fertile	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fertile	cop
11	highly	highly	ADV	_	12 fertile	advmod
12	fertile	fertile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	level lands		tree rules
2	build	participle		level lands not said here	of deposited silt	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	deposit	participle				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	They not said here		fertile, highly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are formed exclusively by wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 formed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 wind	case
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present · passive	wind	They				exclusively property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 3

They are deserts devoid of sediment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 devoid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devoid	cop
3	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devoid	nsubj
4	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 sediment	case
6	sediment	sediment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devoid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					of sediment; devoid property	tree rules

Option 4

They are steep slopes of bare rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slopes	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slopes	cop
3	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slopes	amod
4	slopes	slope	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rock	case
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slopes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	steep slopes				of bare rock	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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