Exam question 3 · Pushes and pulls all around us
It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor. Ascertain the height of its rebound.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, height · What happens: give, release, ascertain, rebound · To what, where: It, ball, certain height, height
This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Pushes and pulls all around us» 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 a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor.
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 | _ | 8 released | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ball | det |
| 6 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 released | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 released | aux:pass |
| 8 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 height | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 height | det |
| 11 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 height | amod |
| 12 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 released | obl |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 floor | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 floor | det |
| 15 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 floor | amod |
| 16 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 height | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | release | present · passive | a ball | a certain height upon a hard floor | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source |
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 height of its rebound.
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 | 3 height | det |
| 3 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rebound | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 rebound | nmod:poss |
| 6 | rebound | rebound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 height | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | 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 height of height's rebound | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Topic | ||||
| 2 | rebound | height | nom rebound «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Somewhat less than the original height
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 2 less | advmod |
| 2 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 height | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 height | det |
| 5 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 height | amod |
| 6 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 less | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Precisely the original height
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precisely | precisely | ADV | _ | 4 height | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 height | det |
| 3 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 height | amod |
| 4 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Somewhat greater than the original height
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 2 greater | advmod |
| 2 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 height | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 height | det |
| 5 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 height | amod |
| 6 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 greater | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Precisely double the original height
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Precisely | precisely | ADV | _ | 2 double | advmod |
| 2 | double | double | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 height | det |
| 4 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 height | amod |
| 5 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 double | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | imperative | you not said here | the original height | precisely property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent height=Patient |
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