Exam question 2 · How stars die

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning stars exceeding approximately eight solar masses.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, stars · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, exceed · To what, where: response, stars, eight solar masses

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «How stars die» 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	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
13	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 stars	acl
14	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	15 eight	advmod
15	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 masses	nummod
16	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 masses	amod
17	masses	mass	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 exceeding	obj
18	.	.	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	stars		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus star=Experiencer
5	exceed	gerund	stars not said here	eight solar masses		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mass=Theme

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 terminate their existence in a supernova

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 terminate	nsubj
2	terminate	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 existence	nmod:poss
4	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 terminate	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 supernova	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 supernova	det
7	supernova	supernova	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 terminate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present	They	their existence		a supernova			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent existence=Theme
2	exist		their = they						nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They endure for trillions of years

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 endure	nsubj
2	endure	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 trillions	case
4	trillions	trillion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 endure	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 years	case
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trillions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endure	present	They					for trillions of years	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They are transformed into planets

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	3 transformed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 planets	case
5	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	present · passive		They				into planets result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into planet=Result

Option 4

They become planetary nebulae and nothing further

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 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	planetary	planetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nebulae	amod
4	nebulae	nebula	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 nothing	cc
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 nebulae	conj
7	further	further	ADV	_	6 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	They	planetary nebulae					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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