Exam question 2 · When the teacher gets it wrong

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of glass at ordinary temperatures?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, condition · To what, where: condition, ordinary temperatures, glass

This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 glass	case
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 condition	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 temperatures	case
14	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 temperatures	amod
15	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 condition	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the condition of glass	ordinary temperatures	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	condition		glass	ordinary temperatures		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient at=place

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

It is a liquid that descends perceptibly over centuries

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	4 liquid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 liquid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 liquid	det
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 descends	nsubj
6	descends	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 liquid	acl:relcl
7	perceptibly	perceptibly	ADV	_	6 descends	advmod
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 centuries	case
9	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 descends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a liquid					tree rules
2	descend	present	a liquid				century	perceptibly property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is a gas held in a rigid form

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	4 gas	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gas	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gas	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 form	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 form	det
8	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 form	amod
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a gas					tree rules
2	hold	participle		a gas not said here		a rigid form			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a solid, and unevenness in antique panes arises from their manufacture

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	4 solid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 solid	det
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 arises	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 arises	cc
7	unevenness	unevenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arises	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 panes	case
9	antique	antique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 panes	amod
10	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unevenness	nmod
11	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solid	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 manufacture	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 manufacture	nmod:poss
14	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		solid property	tree rules
2	arise	present	unevenness in antique panes	panes's manufacture		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	manufacture		panes = pane			nom manufacture «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is a solid only during the winter months

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	4 solid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 solid	det
4	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 months	advmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 months	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 months	det
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 months	compound
9	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 solid	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a solid			month		tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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