Exam question 1 · I was wrong: changing your mind

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the planet of highest surface temperature in the Solar System?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: planet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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 planet	det
10	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 temperature	case
12	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 temperature	amod
13	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 temperature	compound
14	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 planet	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 System	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 System	det
17	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 System	compound
18	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 temperature	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the planet of highest surface temperature in the Solar System				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Mars, by reason of its red colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 reason	case
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mars	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 colour	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 colour	nmod:poss
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colour	amod
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mercury, by reason of its proximity to the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 reason	case
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mercury	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 proximity	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 proximity	nmod:poss
7	proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proximity	nmod

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

Option 3

Jupiter, by reason of its great size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 reason	case
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jupiter	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 size	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 size	nmod:poss
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 size	amod
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Venus, by reason of the heat retained by its dense atmosphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 reason	case
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Venus	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heat	det
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 heat	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 atmosphere	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 atmosphere	nmod:poss
11	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 atmosphere	amod
12	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	participle		the heat not said here				by heat's dense atmosphere	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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