Exam question 2 · Coasts and caves
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sequence of features produced by the erosion of a headland?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, produce, erode · To what, where: sequence, features, headland
This is exam question 2 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sequence | det |
| 10 | sequence | sequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 features | case |
| 12 | features | feature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sequence | nmod |
| 13 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 features | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 erosion | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 erosion | det |
| 16 | erosion | erosion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 produced | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 headland | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 headland | det |
| 19 | headland | headland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 erosion | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | 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 | the sequence of features | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | produce | participle | features not said here | by the erosion of a headland | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | erode | a headland | nom erosion «process 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
Stack, arch and subsequently cave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stack | stack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arch | punct |
| 3 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stack | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cave | cc |
| 5 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 6 cave | advmod |
| 6 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stack | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Spit, bay and subsequently cave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bay | punct |
| 3 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spit | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cave | cc |
| 5 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 6 cave | advmod |
| 6 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spit | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Arch, spit and subsequently stack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 spit | punct |
| 3 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Arch | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stack | cc |
| 5 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 6 stack | advmod |
| 6 | stack | stack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Arch | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cave, arch and subsequently stack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arch | punct |
| 3 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cave | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stack | cc |
| 5 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 6 stack | advmod |
| 6 | stack | stack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cave | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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