Exam question 2 · Jupiter

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Great Red Spot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Great Red Spot

This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Jupiter» 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	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	12 Spot	det
10	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Spot	amod
11	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Spot	flat
12	Spot	Spot	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	?	?	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 Great Red Spot				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 · ✓ the right answer

A storm of greater width than the Earth, observed for at least one hundred and ninety years

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 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 width	case
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 width	amod
5	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 storm	nmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 width	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 observed	punct
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 storm	acl:relcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	18 years	case
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 least	case
13	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 one	nmod
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	compound
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 years	nummod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ninety	cc
17	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	conj
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		a storm of greater width than the Earth not said here			year		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	storm		greater width than the Earth						nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

A satellite of Jupiter of reddish hue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 satellite	det
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Jupiter	case
4	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 satellite	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hue	case
6	reddish	reddish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hue	amod
7	hue	hue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 satellite	nmod

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

Option 3

A transient storm persisting for some days only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
2	transient	transient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storm	amod
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	persisting	persist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 storm	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 days	det
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 persisting	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	4 persisting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	gerund	a transient storm not said here				day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

An extinct volcano situated upon a solid crust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 volcano	det
2	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 volcano	amod
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 volcano	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 crust	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crust	det
7	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crust	amod
8	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a extinct volcano not said here		a solid crust			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon crust=Destination

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