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Exam question 4 · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

It is given that Mount Everest attains 8,849 metres above sea level, whereas Mauna Kea exceeds 10,000 metres when measured from its base upon the sea floor. Select the most accurate conclusion.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mauna, you · What happens: give, attain, exceed, measure, select · To what, where: It, 8,849 metres, sea level, 10,000 metres, base, accurate conclusion

This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Mount Everest attains 8,849 metres above sea level, whereas Mauna Kea exceeds 10,000 metres when measured from its base upon the sea floor.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 attains	mark
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 Everest	det
5	Mount	Mount	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Everest	compound
6	Everest	everest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	attains	attain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	8,849	8,849	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 metres	nummod
9	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attains	obj
10	above	above	ADP	_	12 level	case
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 level	compound
12	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attains	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 exceeds	punct
14	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	17 exceeds	mark
15	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 exceeds	nsubj
16	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Mauna	flat
17	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 attains	conj
18	10,000	10000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 metres	nummod
19	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 exceeds	obj
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 measured	advmod
21	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 exceeds	advcl
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 base	case
23	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 base	nmod:poss
24	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 measured	obl
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	28 floor	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 floor	det
27	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 floor	compound
28	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 measured	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 attains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient everest=Theme
2	attain	present		8,849 metres		sea level			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metre=Theme
3	exceed	present	Mauna	10,000 metres					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot metre=Theme
4	measure	participle	Mauna not said here			level's base		upon the sea floor	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Select the most accurate conclusion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conclusion	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conclusion	amod
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the accurate conclusion					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme

The options

Option 1

Neither summit has been measured with accuracy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 summit	det
2	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measured	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measured	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 measured	aux:pass
5	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 accuracy	case
7	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · perfect · passive		neither summit				with accuracy	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The designation of the tallest mountain depends upon the method of measurement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 designation	det
2	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depends	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 mountain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mountain	det
5	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 mountain	amod
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designation	nmod
7	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 method	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 method	det
10	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 depends	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 measurement	case
12	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 method	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	the designation of the tallest mountain					upon the method of measurement	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	designate			the tallest mountain					nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Everest is the tallest by every method of measurement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everest	everest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tallest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tallest	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tallest	det
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 method	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 method	det
7	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tallest	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 measurement	case
9	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 method	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Everest					by every method of measurement; tall property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Mauna Kea is the highest above sea level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 highest	nsubj
2	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mauna	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 highest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 highest	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 level	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 highest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mauna			sea level		high property	tree rules

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