Exam question 4 · Jupiter's moons

Identify the principal purpose for which the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter were employed during the seventeenth century.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, employ, eclipse · To what, where: principal purpose, eclipses, satellites

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 employed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eclipses	det
8	eclipses	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 employed	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 satellites	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 satellites	det
11	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eclipses	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Jupiter	case
13	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 satellites	nmod
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 employed	aux:pass
15	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 purpose	acl:relcl
16	during	during	ADP	_	19 century	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 century	det
18	seventeenth	seventeenth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 century	compound
19	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 employed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	employ	past · passive		the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter	century	for the principal purpose	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality
3	eclipse			the satellites of Jupiter			nom eclipse «event transitive»: of=patient

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 measurement of the Earth's mass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 measurement	det
2	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 mass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mass	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measurement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure			the Earth's mass					nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The calculation of the date of Easter each year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calculation	det
2	calculation	calculation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 date	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calculation	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Easter	case
7	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 date	nmod
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calculation	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calculate		the date of Easter						nom calculation «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The prediction of tides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prediction	det
2	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tides	case
4	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prediction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict			tides					nom prediction «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The determination of longitude on land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 determination	det
2	determination	determination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 longitude	case
4	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determination	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 land	case
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determination	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine		longitude			land			nom determination «act intransitive»: of=agent on=place

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