Exam question 2 · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the antipodes of a given location?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» 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 antipodes	det
10	antipodes	antipode	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 location	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 location	det
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 location	amod
14	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 antipodes	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the antipodes of a given location	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 nearest island situated across the adjacent sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 island	det
2	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 island	amod
3	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 island	acl
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
7	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sea	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		the nearest island not said here		the adjacent sea			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The poles situated at the summit and base of a map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poles	det
2	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 poles	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 summit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 summit	det
6	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 base	cc
8	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 summit	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 map	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 map	det
11	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 base	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		the poles not said here		the summit and base of a map			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at summit=Destination

Option 3

The highest point of elevation within the same territory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 point	det
2	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 point	amod
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 elevation	case
5	elevation	elevation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	nmod
6	within	within	ADP	_	9 territory	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 territory	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 territory	amod
9	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point			elevation				within the same territory	nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient within=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The point upon the Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opposite	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opposite	obl
8	diametrically	diametrically	ADV	_	9 opposite	advmod
9	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 opposite	obl

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

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