Exam question 2 · The air presses on everything

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the atmosphere?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: atmosphere

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» 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	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 atmosphere	det
10	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 atmosphere				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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It possesses weight and exerts pressure upon all surfaces

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 exerts	cc
5	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 possesses	conj
6	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exerts	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 surfaces	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 surfaces	det
9	surfaces	surface	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	weight					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weight=Theme
2	exert	present		pressure				upon all surfaces	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme

Option 2

It is entirely devoid of weight

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 devoid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devoid	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 devoid	advmod
4	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 weight	case
6	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devoid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of weight; devoid, entirely property	tree rules

Option 3

It exerts pressure solely in a downward direction, from the sky towards the ground

The tree, 14 words

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 exerts	nsubj
2	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obj
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 exerts	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 direction	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 direction	det
7	downward	downward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 direction	amod
8	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sky	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sky	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obl
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 ground	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ground	det
15	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	It	pressure		a downward direction		from the sky; towards the ground; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme

Option 4

It exerts pressure solely upon liquids

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 exerts	nsubj
2	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obj
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 exerts	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 liquids	case
6	liquids	liquid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	It	pressure				upon liquids; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme

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