Exam question 4 · Energy: what makes things happen

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of wind energy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 energy	case
13	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 energy	compound
14	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the origin of wind energy		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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 gravitational attraction of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 attraction	det
2	gravitational	gravitational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 attraction	amod
3	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 attraction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract			the Moon					nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The motion of trees and vegetation

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	_	4 trees	case
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 motion	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 vegetation	cc
6	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 motion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	motion		trees						nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Unequal heating of the atmosphere by the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heating	amod
2	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 atmosphere	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 atmosphere	det
5	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heating	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 atmosphere	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat		the atmosphere by the Sun						nom heating «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The rotation of the turbine blades themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rotation	det
2	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 blades	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blades	det
5	turbine	turbine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blades	compound
6	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rotation	nmod
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 blades	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rotate		the turbine blades blades						nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent

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