Exam question 4 · Floating and sinking: the push of the water

Determine the function of the line marked upon the hull of a merchant vessel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, mark · To what, where: function, line, hull

This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 line	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 line	det
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 line	acl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 hull	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hull	det
10	hull	hull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marked	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 vessel	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 vessel	det
13	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 vessel	compound
14	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hull	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the function of the line					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	mark	participle		the line not said here		the hull of a merchant vessel			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon hull=Destination

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 indicates the speed that the vessel may attain

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speed	det
4	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 attain	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vessel	det
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attain	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 attain	aux
9	attain	attain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 speed	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the speed					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot speed=Topic
2	attain	may	the vessel	the speed not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme

Option 2

It indicates the position of the engines

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 position	det
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 engines	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 engines	det
7	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 position	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the position of the engines					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic

Option 3

It indicates the port at which the vessel was registered

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 port	det
4	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 registered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vessel	det
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 registered	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 registered	aux:pass
10	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 port	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the port					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot port=Topic
2	register	past · passive		the vessel		the port			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at which=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It indicates the greatest depth to which the vessel may safely be immersed

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	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 depth	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 depth	amod
5	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 immersed	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vessel	det
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 immersed	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 immersed	aux
11	safely	safely	ADV	_	13 immersed	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 immersed	aux:pass
13	immersed	immerse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 depth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the greatest depth					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot depth=Topic
2	immerse	may · passive		the vessel				to the greatest depth; safely property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme

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