Exam question 2 · Wind and weather

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an area of low atmospheric pressure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: area

This is exam question 2 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	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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 area	det
10	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 pressure	case
12	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pressure	amod
13	atmospheric	atmospheric	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pressure	compound
14	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 area	nmod
15	?	?	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		a area of low atmospheric pressure				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

It is associated exclusively with snowfall

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	3 associated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 associated	aux:pass
3	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 associated	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 snowfall	case
6	snowfall	snowfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 associated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	associate	present · passive		It				with snowfall; exclusively property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with snowfall=Co-Patient

Option 2

It exerts no influence upon the weather

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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 influence	det
4	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 weather	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weather	det
7	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	It	no influence				upon the weather	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme

Option 3

It is invariably associated with clear, calm and settled conditions

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 associated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 associated	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 associated	advmod
4	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	11 conditions	case
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conditions	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 calm	punct
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clear	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 settled	cc
10	settled	settled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clear	conj
11	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 associated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	associate	present · passive		It				with clear conditions; invariably property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with condition=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is commonly associated with cloud, wind and precipitation

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 associated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 associated	aux:pass
3	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	4 associated	advmod
4	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cloud	case
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 associated	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wind	punct
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloud	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 precipitation	cc
10	precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	associate	present · passive		It				with cloud and wind and precipitation; commonly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with cloud=Co-Patient

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