Exam question 3 · Jupiter's moons

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the interior of Europa.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, interior

This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Jupiter's moons» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 interior	det
13	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Europa	case
15	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 interior	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the interior of Europa		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interior=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

Its interior consists entirely of molten iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 interior	nmod:poss
2	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	nsubj
3	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 consists	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 iron	case
6	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 iron	amod
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	Its interior					of molten iron; entirely property	tree rules

Option 2

It is composed throughout of solid sulphur

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 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 composed	aux:pass
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 sulphur	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 throughout	fixed
6	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sulphur	amod
7	sulphur	sulphur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It			throughout solid sulphur		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A saline ocean of liquid water lies beneath its icy crust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ocean	det
2	saline	saline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ocean	amod
3	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ocean	nmod
7	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 crust	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 crust	nmod:poss
10	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crust	amod
11	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	a saline ocean of liquid water			ocean's icy crust			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath crust=Location

Option 4

It is hollow and filled with gas

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 hollow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hollow	cop
3	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 filled	cc
5	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hollow	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 gas	case
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					hollow property	tree rules
2	fill	participle						with gas	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gas=Instrument

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