Exam question 2 · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the achievement of the Chang'e 4 mission in January 2019?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, achieve · To what, where: achievement, Chang'e mission

This is exam question 2 of lesson 59 «China: modern China, space and contested topics» of the history 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 achievement	det
10	achievement	achievement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 mission	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mission	det
13	Chang'e	Chang'e	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 mission	compound
14	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 Chang'e	flat
15	mission	mission	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 achievement	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 January	case
17	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 mission	nmod
18	2019	2019	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 January	nmod:unmarked
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the achievement of the Chang'e mission in January 2019	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	achieve		the Chang'e mission in January 2019		nom achievement «act 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

The first landing of persons upon the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 landing	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 landing	amod
3	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 landing	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 persons	nmod

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

Option 2

The completion of the Tiangong station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 station	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 station	det
5	Tiangong	Tiangong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 station	compound
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			the Tiangong station					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The first soft landing upon the far side of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 landing	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 landing	amod
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 landing	amod
4	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 landing	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Moon	det
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod

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

Option 4

The first return of samples from Mars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 return	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 return	amod
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 samples	case
5	samples	sample	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 return	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Mars	case
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 samples	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return		samples from Mars						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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