Exam question 1 · Wind and weather

Identify the principal cause of the onshore breeze observed at the coast on a sunny afternoon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, observe, cause · To what, where: principal cause, onshore breeze, coast

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Wind and weather» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 breeze	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 breeze	det
7	onshore	onshore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breeze	amod
8	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
9	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 breeze	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 coast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coast	det
12	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 observed	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 afternoon	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 afternoon	det
15	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 afternoon	amod
16	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 observed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the onshore breeze			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	observe	participle		the onshore breeze not said here	the coast	afternoon	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	cause			the onshore breeze			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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 motion of the tides towards the shore during the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 motion	det
2	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tides	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tides	det
5	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 motion	nmod
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tides	nmod
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 afternoon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 afternoon	det
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 motion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	motion		the tides towards the shore				during the afternoon		nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent during=obl

Option 2

The breaking of waves upon the beach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breaking	det
2	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 waves	case
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breaking	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaking	nmod

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

Option 3

The cooling of the land relative to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cooling	det
2	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 relative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relative	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relative	compound
6	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cooling	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool			the land relative to the sea					nom cooling «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The more rapid warming of the land relative to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 warming	det
2	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 rapid	advmod
3	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warming	amod
4	warming	warming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 relative	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 relative	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	compound
8	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warming	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm		the land relative to the sea						nom warming «process intransitive»: of=agent

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