Exam question 4 · Jupiter

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the mass of Jupiter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, mass

This is exam question 4 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	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	11 mass	det
11	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Jupiter	case
13	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mass	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	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 mass of Jupiter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mass=Experiencer

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

It is sufficient for nuclear fusion to have commenced

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 sufficient	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sufficient	cop
3	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fusion	case
5	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fusion	amod
6	fusion	fusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sufficient	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 commenced	mark
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 commenced	aux
9	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fusion	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for nuclear fusion; sufficient property	tree rules
2	commence	to-infinitive · perfect							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It is equal to that of the Earth

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 equal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 equal	cop
3	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 equal	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 equal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to that; of the Earth; equal property	tree rules

Option 3

It is less than that of Saturn

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 less	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 less	cop
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 less	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Saturn	case
7	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					than that; less property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It exceeds twice the combined mass of all other planets

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	2 exceeds	nsubj
2	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 exceeds	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mass	det
5	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mass	amod
6	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exceeds	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 planets	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 planets	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 planets	amod
10	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	present	It	the combined mass of all other planets				twice property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mass=Theme
2	combine	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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