Exam question 2 · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

Identify the location toward which the needle of a magnetic compass is directed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, direct · To what, where: location, needle

This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	toward	toward	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 directed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 needle	det
7	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 directed	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 compass	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 compass	det
10	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 compass	amod
11	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needle	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 directed	aux:pass
13	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 location	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the location					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	direct	present · passive		the needle of a magnetic compass				toward the location	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality

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 geographic North Pole precisely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pole	det
2	geographic	geographic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Pole	amod
3	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Pole	compound
4	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	4 Pole	advmod

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

Option 2

The nearest deposit of iron ore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 deposit	det
2	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 deposit	amod
3	deposit	deposit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ore	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ore	compound
6	ore	ore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deposit			iron ore					nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The star known as Polaris

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 star	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 Polaris	case
5	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		the star not said here				as Polaris	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as polaris=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The magnetic north pole, which is distinct from the geographic pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pole	det
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pole	amod
3	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pole	compound
4	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 distinct	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 distinct	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 distinct	cop
8	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pole	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 pole	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pole	det
11	geographic	geographic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pole	amod
12	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 distinct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the magnetic north pole			the geographic pole		distinct property	tree rules

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