Exam question 4 · The Sun, our star

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the future evolution of the Sun.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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	12 evolution	det
11	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 evolution	amod
12	evolution	evolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Sun.	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Sun.	det
15	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 evolution	nmod

#	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 future evolution of the Sun.		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus evolution=Experiencer
4	evolve		the Sun.			nom evolution «process 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In some five billion years it shall expand into a red giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 years	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 years	det
3	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 billion	compound
4	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 years	nummod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 expand	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 expand	nsubj
7	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 expand	aux
8	expand	expand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 giant	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 giant	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 giant	amod
12	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expand	shall	it				year	into a red giant	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It shall collapse into a black hole within the present century

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 collapse	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 collapse	aux
3	collapse	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 hole	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hole	amod
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collapse	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 century	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 century	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 century	amod
11	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collapse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	shall	It			a black hole	century		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It shall remain wholly unchanged in perpetuity

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 remain	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	aux
3	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 unchanged	advmod
5	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remain	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 perpetuity	case
7	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	It					unchanged property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It shall explode as a supernova within a thousand years

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 explode	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 explode	aux
3	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 supernova	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 supernova	det
6	supernova	supernova	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explode	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 years	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thousand	det
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 explode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	shall	It				year	as a supernova	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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