Exam question 2 · The Sun, our star

Ascertain the approximate interval required for light emitted by the Sun to reach the Earth.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, require, emit, reach · To what, where: approximate interval, Earth

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interval	det
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 interval	amod
4	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 interval	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 light	case
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl
8	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 interval	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 emitted	obl:agent
12	to	to	PART	_	13 reach	mark
13	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 emitted	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Earth	det
15	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 reach	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the approximate interval		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic
2	require	participle		the approximate interval not said here	for light	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	emit	participle		the approximate interval not said here		vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source
4	reach	to-infinitive		the Earth		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent earth=Theme

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

Approximately eight minutes and twenty seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	3 minutes	advmod
2	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 minutes	nummod
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 seconds	cc
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 seconds	nummod
6	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 minutes	conj

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

Option 2

It is received at once, without any delay whatsoever

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 received	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 received	aux:pass
3	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 received	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 delay	punct
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 delay	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 delay	det
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	parataxis
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	9 delay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present · passive		It					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at once=Location

Option 3

Approximately one hour, the time of a short journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	3 hour	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 hour	nummod
3	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hour	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 journey	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 journey	det
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 journey	amod
10	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	nmod

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

Option 4

Approximately one second, about as long as a blink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
3	second	second	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 one	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 long	punct
5	about	about	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 one	advmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 blink	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 blink	det
10	blink	blink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 long	obl

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

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