Exam question 2 · The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Limpopo River?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Limpopo River

This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» 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	11 River	det
10	Limpopo	Limpopo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 River	compound
11	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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 Limpopo River				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

It forms part of the frontier of South Africa and discharges into the Indian Ocean

The tree, 15 words

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 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 frontier	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frontier	det
6	frontier	frontier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
8	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Africa	compound
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 frontier	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 discharges	cc
11	discharges	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 forms	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 Ocean	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Ocean	det
14	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Ocean	amod
15	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 discharges	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	part of the frontier of South Africa					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme
2	discharge	present				the Indian Ocean			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is a fictitious watercourse devised for the purposes of the tale

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	5 watercourse	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watercourse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 watercourse	det
4	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 watercourse	amod
5	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 watercourse	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 purposes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purposes	det
9	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 devised	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tale	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purposes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fictitious watercourse		tree rules
2	devise	participle		a fictitious watercourse not said here	for the purposes of the tale	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the tale			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It traverses the Highveld and discharges into the Atlantic 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	2 traverses	nsubj
2	traverses	traverse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Highveld	det
4	Highveld	Highveld	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 traverses	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 discharges	cc
6	discharges	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 traverses	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 Ocean	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ocean	det
9	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Ocean	compound
10	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 discharges	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	traverse	present	It	the Highveld					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme highveld=Co-Theme
2	discharge	present				the Atlantic Ocean			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It rises in the Himalayas and discharges into the Bay of Bengal

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 rises	nsubj
2	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Himalayas	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Himalayas	det
5	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 rises	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 discharges	cc
7	discharges	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rises	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 Bay	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Bay	det
10	Bay	Bay	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 discharges	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Bengal	case
12	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Bay	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	It			the Himalayas			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in himalaya=Location
2	discharge	present				the Bay of Bengal			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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