Exam question 4 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term «net zero»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» of the politics 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 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 net	punct
12	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 net	flat
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 term	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A condition in which no electricity whatsoever is consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 electricity	obl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 electricity	det
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 consumed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 consumed	aux:pass
9	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 electricity	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		whatsoever					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A condition in which emissions of warming gas do not exceed the quantity removed from the atmosphere

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exceed	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 emissions	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 emissions	det
5	emissions	emission	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 condition	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 gas	case
7	warming	warming	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gas	compound
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emissions	nmod
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 exceed	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 exceed	advmod
11	exceed	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 quantity	det
13	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exceed	obj
14	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 quantity	acl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 atmosphere	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 atmosphere	det
17	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not exceed	present · do-support	a condition in which emissions of warming gas	the quantity		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Theme
2	remove	participle		the quantity not said here	the atmosphere	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from atmosphere=Source
3	emit			warming gas		nom emission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A condition in which no trees whatsoever are planted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 trees	det
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 condition	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 planted	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 planted	aux:pass
9	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 trees	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	present · passive		whatsoever					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

A condition in which the national temperature is maintained at zero degrees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 maintained	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 temperature	det
6	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperature	amod
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maintained	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 maintained	aux:pass
9	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 condition	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 degrees	case
11	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 degrees	nummod
12	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 maintained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	present · passive		the national temperature		a condition		at zero degrees	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme

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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