Exam question 3 · Coal, oil and gas

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the designation of fossil fuels as non-renewable.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, designation, fossil fuels

This is exam question 3 of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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 designation	det
13	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fuels	case
15	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fuels	compound
16	fuels	fuel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 designation	nmod
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 non-renewable	case
18	non-renewable	non-renewable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 concerning	obl
19	.	.	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 designation of fossil fuels	as non-renewable	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus designation=Experiencer
5	designate			fossil fuels		nom designation «communication 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

Their supply is unlimited in perpetuity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 supply	nmod:poss
2	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlimited	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unlimited	cop
4	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 perpetuity	case
6	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlimited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Their supply			perpetuity		unlimited property	tree rules

Option 2

They may lawfully be employed but once

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	5 employed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 employed	aux
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	5 employed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 employed	aux:pass
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 once	cc
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 employed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	may · passive		They				lawfully property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their formation required millions of years whereas their consumption occupies centuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 formation	nmod:poss
2	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occupies	nsubj
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 formation	acl
4	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 years	case
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 millions	nmod
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 consumption	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 consumption	nmod:poss
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
10	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 occupies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	require	participle	Their formation not said here	millions of years		whereas millions's consumption	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme million=Precondition
2	occupy	present	Their formation		century		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	consume		millions = million				nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They are restored in full on an annual basis

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 restored	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 full	case
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 restored	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 basis	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 basis	det
8	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 basis	amod
9	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present · passive		They		full		on a annual basis	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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