Exam question 2 · Stars: what they are

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of stars.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, colour

This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» 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 colour	det
13	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 stars	case
15	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 colour	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 colour of stars		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=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

It indicates their age, red being youngest

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 age	nmod:poss
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 youngest	punct
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 youngest	amod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 youngest	cop
8	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 age	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	their age					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot age=Topic
2	is	gerund						young property	tree rules

Option 2

It bears no relation to any physical property

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 bears	nsubj
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 relation	det
4	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bears	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 property	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 property	det
7	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 property	amod
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relation	nmod

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

Option 3

It indicates their distance, blue being nearest

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 distance	nmod:poss
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blue	punct
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distance	amod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 nearest	cop
8	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 blue	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	their distance					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot distance=Topic
2	is	gerund						near property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It indicates their temperature, red being coolest and blue-white hottest

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 temperature	nmod:poss
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 coolest	punct
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 coolest	amod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 coolest	cop
8	coolest	cool	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 temperature	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 white	cc
10	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 white	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 blue	punct
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 coolest	conj
13	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 coolest	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	their temperature		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot temperature=Topic
2	is	gerund			cool property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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