Exam question 3 · The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the formation of the Himalayas.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, formation

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 formation	det
11	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Himalayas	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Himalayas	det
14	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 formation	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the formation of the Himalayas		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus formation=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 · ✓ the right answer

They were raised by the collision of the Indian landmass with Asia over tens of millions of years

The tree, 18 words

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 raised	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	aux:pass
3	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 collision	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collision	det
6	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 landmass	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 landmass	det
9	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 landmass	amod
10	landmass	landmass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collision	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 Asia	case
12	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 landmass	nmod
13	over	over	ADV	_	3 raised	advmod
14	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raised	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 millions	case
16	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 tens	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 years	case
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 millions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past · passive	the collision of the Indian landmass with Asia	They				over property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	collide		the Indian landmass with Asia						nom collision «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

They were formed by the eruption of one great volcano

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	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 eruption	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eruption	det
6	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 volcano	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 volcano	nummod
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 volcano	amod
10	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eruption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive	the eruption of one great volcano	They					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	erupt		one great volcano						nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

They were raised by the ancient Egyptians as a defence

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 raised	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	aux:pass
3	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 Egyptians	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Egyptians	det
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Egyptians	amod
7	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 raised	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 defence	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 defence	det
10	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past · passive	the ancient Egyptians	They				as a defence	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

They were deposited by the wind in the course of a single season

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 deposited	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	aux:pass
3	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 season	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 season	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 season	amod
13	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deposit	past · passive	the wind	They		the course of a single season			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in course=Destination

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