Exam question 1 · How the Solar System was born

Identify the material from which the Solar System is understood to have formed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, understand, form · To what, where: material, Solar System

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «How the Solar System was born» 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	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 understood	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 System	det
7	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 System	compound
8	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 understood	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 understood	aux:pass
10	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 formed	mark
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 formed	aux
13	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 understood	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the material		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	understand	present · passive		the Solar System	the material	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
3	form	to-infinitive · perfect				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

A collapsing cloud of gas and dust designated the solar nebula

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloud	det
2	collapsing	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cloud	amod
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 designated	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gas	case
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cloud	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dust	cc
7	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gas	conj
8	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nebula	det
10	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nebula	amod
11	nebula	nebula	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 designated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	collapse	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	designate	past	a collapsing cloud of gas and dust	the solar nebula	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nebula=Theme
3	cloud			gas and dust	nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A great quantity of water ejected by a distant star into empty space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quantity	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 quantity	amod
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quantity	nmod
6	ejected	eject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 quantity	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 star	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 star	det
9	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 star	amod
10	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ejected	obl
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 space	case
12	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 space	amod
13	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ejected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eject	participle		a great quantity of water not said here		empty space		by a distant star	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The debris of a planet destroyed by the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 debris	det
2	debris	debris	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 planet	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 planet	det
5	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 debris	nmod
6	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 debris	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 destroyed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	participle		the debris of a planet not said here					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fragments of the Moon dispersed by an impact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dispersed	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 Moon	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Fragments	nmod
5	dispersed	disperse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 impact	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 impact	det
8	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dispersed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disperse	participle	Fragments of the Moon					by a impact	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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