Exam question 1 · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

Identify the river upon which the River of the novel is principally based.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, base · To what, where: river

This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 based	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 River	det
7	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 based	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 novel	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 novel	det
10	novel	novel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 River	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 based	aux:pass
12	principally	principally	ADV	_	13 based	advmod
13	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 river	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the river					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent river=Theme
2	base	present · passive		the River of the novel				upon the river; principally property	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme

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 Rhine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rhine	det
2	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The Seine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Seine	det
2	Seine	seine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

The Thames, flowing from the Cotswolds through London to the North Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Thames	det
2	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Thames	punct
4	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Thames	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Cotswolds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cotswolds	det
7	Cotswolds	Cotswold	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 flowing	obl
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 London	case
9	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flowing	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 Sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sea	det
12	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Sea	compound
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	gerund	the Thames not said here			the Cotswolds		through London; to the North Sea	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through london=Location

Option 4

The Severn, flowing from the mountains of Wales to the Bristol Channel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Severn	det
2	Severn	Severn	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flowing	punct
4	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Severn	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 mountains	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mountains	det
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flowing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Wales	case
9	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mountains	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 Channel	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Channel	det
12	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Channel	compound
13	Channel	Channel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	gerund	the Severn not said here			the mountains of Wales		to the Bristol Channel	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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