Exam question 3 · Saturn's moons

Ascertain the origin of the material which supplies Saturn's E ring.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, material · What happens: ascertain, supply · To what, where: origin, E ring

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 material	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 material	det
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 supplies	nsubj
8	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 material	acl:relcl
9	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ring	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Saturn	case
11	E	e	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ring	amod
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 supplies	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the material					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic
2	supply	present	the material	Saturn's E ring					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient

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

Volcanic ash erupted from the surface of Titan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ash	amod
2	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	erupted	erupt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ash	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 surface	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 surface	det
6	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erupted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Titan	case
8	Titan	Titan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	participle		Volcanic ash not said here		the surface of Titan			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The jets of water ice emitted by Enceladus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jets	det
2	jets	jet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ice	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ice	compound
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jets	nmod
6	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ice	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Enceladus	case
8	Enceladus	Enceladus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 emitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	participle		water ice not said here				by Enceladus	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

Option 3

Fragments of the moon Mimas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 moon	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moon	det
4	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fragments	nmod
5	Mimas	Mimas	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Fragments	nmod

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

Option 4

Dust from the Cassini spacecraft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 spacecraft	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spacecraft	det
4	Cassini	Cassini	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spacecraft	compound
5	spacecraft	spacecraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dust	nmod

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

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