Exam question 4 · China: modern China, space and contested topics

Ascertain the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, find, respect · To what, where: finding, Zhurong rover, planet Mars

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 finding	det
3	finding	finding	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 rover	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rover	det
6	Zhurong	Zhurong	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rover	compound
7	rover	rover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finding	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rover	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Mars	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mars	det
12	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Mars	compound
13	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the finding of the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finding=Topic
2	find			the Zhurong rover in respect of the planet Mars	nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient
3	respect			the planet Mars	nom respect «cognition 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

The remains of an ancient settlement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remains	det
2	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 settlement	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 settlement	det
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 settlement	amod
6	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	nmod

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

Option 2

Rivers of liquid water flowing at present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rivers	nmod
5	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 water	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 present	case
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	gerund	liquid water not said here			present			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at present=Location

Option 3

Conclusive evidence of living micro-organisms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conclusive	conclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 evidence	amod
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 micro-organisms	case
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 micro-organisms	amod
5	micro-organisms	micro-organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evidence			living micro-organisms					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Signs of ancient water, but no evidence of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Signs	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 evidence	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 evidence	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Signs	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			ancient water					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	evidence			life					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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