Exam question 4 · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★

Select the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, rocket · What happens: select, account, motion · To what, where: correct account, motion

This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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	4 account	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 account	amod
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 motion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 motion	det
7	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 rocket	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rocket	det
10	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 motion	nmod
11	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	13 atmosphere	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 atmosphere	det
13	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rocket	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the correct account of the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	account			the motion of a rocket beyond the atmosphere	nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	motion		a rocket beyond the atmosphere		nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

It is drawn along by the stars

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 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 drawn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 stars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stars	det
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive	the stars	It				along property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It pushes against the surrounding 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 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	6 air	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
5	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 air	compound
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	It					against the surrounding air	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against air=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It expels gas, which pushes it forward

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 expels	nsubj
2	expels	expel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expels	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pushes	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pushes	nsubj
6	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gas	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pushes	obj
8	forward	forward	ADV	_	6 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel	present	It	gas					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme
2	push	present	gas	gas				forward property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

It cannot speed up at all

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 speed	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 speed	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 speed	advmod
4	speed	speed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 speed	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 speed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speed up	can	It			all			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

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