Exam question 1 · Earth from space

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of the seasons upon the Earth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, cause · To what, where: cause, seasons

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 seasons	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 seasons	det
13	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cause	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 Earth	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Earth	det
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 seasons	nmod
17	?	?	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 cause of the seasons upon the Earth	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	cause		the seasons upon the Earth		nom cause «event 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 interposition of the Moon between the Earth and the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interposition	det
2	interposition	interposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 interposition	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 interposition	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Sun	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Earth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpose			the Moon				between the Earth and the Sun	nom interposition «act transitive»: of=patient between=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The inclination of the Earth's axis relative to its orbit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inclination	det
2	inclination	inclination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 axis	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 axis	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inclination	nmod
8	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 orbit	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 orbit	nmod:poss
11	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incline		the Earth's axis						nom inclination «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The variation in the Sun's emission of heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 variation	det
2	variation	variation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 emission	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 emission	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Sun	case
7	emission	emission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 variation	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 heat	case
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 emission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit		the Sun	heat					nom emission «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

The variation in the Earth's distance from the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 variation	det
2	variation	variation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 distance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 distance	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 variation	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 Sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 distance	nmod

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

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