Exam question 1 · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exposure to ultraviolet radiation under an overcast sky.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, exposure

This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 radiation	case
14	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 radiation	amod
15	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
16	under	under	ADP	_	19 sky	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sky	det
18	overcast	overcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sky	compound
19	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 radiation	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	exposure	to ultraviolet radiation under a overcast sky	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus exposure=Experiencer

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

Sunburn occurs under cloud solely during rainfall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	4 cloud	case
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 rainfall	case
7	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Sunburn			cloud	during rainfall	solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under cloud=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The greater part of burning ultraviolet radiation penetrates the cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 part	amod
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 penetrates	nsubj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 burning	mark
5	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 part	acl
6	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 radiation	amod
7	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burning	obj
8	penetrates	penetrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cloud	det
10	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 penetrates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund	the greater part not said here	ultraviolet radiation					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent radiation=Theme
2	penetrate	present	the greater part	the cloud					vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Patient

Option 3

Cloud cover wholly prevents sunburn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cover	compound
2	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevents	nsubj
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 prevents	advmod
4	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevents	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Cloud cover	sunburn				wholly property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sunburn=Theme

Option 4

Ultraviolet radiation is intensified a hundredfold by cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ultraviolet	ultraviolet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 radiation	compound
2	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intensified	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 intensified	aux:pass
4	intensified	intensify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hundredfold	det
6	hundredfold	hundredfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intensified	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 cloud	case
8	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intensified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intensify	present · passive	cloud	Ultraviolet radiation					tree rules

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