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Exam question 2 · Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels

It is given that an interval of nine seconds elapses between a flash and the ensuing thunder. Ascertain the approximate distance of the discharge.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: interval, you · What happens: give, elapse, ensue, ascertain · To what, where: It, approximate distance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an interval of nine seconds elapses between a flash and the ensuing thunder.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 elapses	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 interval	det
6	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 elapses	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 seconds	case
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 interval	nmod
10	elapses	elapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 flash	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 flash	det
13	flash	flash	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 elapses	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 thunder	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thunder	det
16	ensuing	ensue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 thunder	amod
17	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flash	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	elapse	present	a interval of nine seconds					between a flash and the ensuing thunder	tree rules
3	ensue	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the approximate distance of the discharge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 distance	det
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distance	amod
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 discharge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 discharge	det
7	discharge	discharge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distance	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the approximate distance of the discharge					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nine kilometres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kilometres	nummod
2	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

Twenty-seven kilometres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 seven	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 kilometres	nummod
4	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3

One kilometre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kilometre	nummod
2	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Three kilometres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kilometres	nummod
2	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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