Exam question 3 · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the interior of the Earth.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 interior	det
11	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Earth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Earth	det
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 interior	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 interior of the Earth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interior=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 right answer

Its central region consists of exceedingly hot metal, partly in a molten state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 region	nmod:poss
2	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 region	amod
3	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consists	nsubj
4	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 metal	case
6	exceedingly	exceedingly	ADV	_	7 hot	advmod
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 metal	amod
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consists	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 partly	punct
10	partly	partly	ADV	_	4 consists	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 state	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 state	det
13	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 state	amod
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	Its central region			a molten state		of hot metal; partly property	tree rules

Option 2

It consists of a hollow chamber filled with air

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 chamber	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chamber	det
5	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chamber	amod
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chamber	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 air	case
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a hollow chamber	tree rules
2	fill	participle		a hollow chamber not said here				with air	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with air=Instrument

Option 3

It consists of a subterranean ocean of fresh water

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ocean	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ocean	det
5	subterranean	subterranean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ocean	amod
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ocean	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a subterranean ocean of fresh water	tree rules

Option 4

It consists of frozen rock of uniform temperature, unchanged since the formation of the planet

The tree, 15 words

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 temperature	case
7	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 temperature	compound
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rock	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 unchanged	punct
10	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 temperature	amod
11	since	since	ADP	_	13 formation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 formation	det
13	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unchanged	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 planet	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 planet	det
16	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 formation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of frozen rock of uniform temperature	tree rules
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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