Exam question 1 · The Moon, the planets and the stars

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the illumination of the far side of the Moon?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, illuminate · To what, where: illumination, far side

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» 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 illumination	det
10	illumination	illumination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 illumination	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Moon	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Moon	det
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 side	nmod
18	?	?	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 illumination of the far side of the Moon	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	illuminate		the far side of the Moon		nom illumination «state 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

It remains in perpetual darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 darkness	case
4	perpetual	perpetual	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 darkness	compound
5	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It			perpetual darkness			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It receives sunlight to the same extent as the near side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 receives	nsubj
2	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 extent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 extent	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 extent	amod
7	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	It	sunlight				to the same extent; as the near side	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme

Option 3

It is illuminated solely during lunar eclipses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 illuminated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illuminated	aux:pass
3	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 illuminated	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 eclipses	case
6	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 eclipses	amod
7	eclipses	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 illuminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	illuminate	present · passive		It			during lunar eclipses	solely property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4

It is illuminated solely by light reflected from the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 illuminated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illuminated	aux:pass
3	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 illuminated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 light	case
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 illuminated	obl
7	reflected	reflect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 light	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reflected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	illuminate	present · passive	light	It				solely property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	reflect	participle		light not said here		the Earth			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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