Exam question 2 · Saturn's moons

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the liquids present on the surface of Titan.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, liquids · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, present · To what, where: response, surface

This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Saturn'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 liquids	det
13	liquids	liquid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 present	nsubj
14	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 concerning	ccomp
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 surface	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 surface	det
17	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 present	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Titan	case
19	Titan	Titan	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 surface	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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				tree rules
5	present	present	the liquids		the surface of Titan		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

They consist of methane and ethane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 methane	case
4	methane	methane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ethane	cc
6	ethane	ethane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 methane	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of methane and ethane	tree rules

Option 2

They consist of molten rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of molten rock	tree rules

Option 3

They consist of liquid iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 iron	case
4	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 iron	amod
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of liquid iron	tree rules

Option 4

They consist of salt water similar to terrestrial oceans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
6	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consist	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 oceans	case
8	terrestrial	terrestrial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oceans	amod
9	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 similar	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of salt water; similar property	tree rules

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