Exam question 3 · How the Solar System was born

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, prevail, account · To what, where: prevailing account, origin

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 account	det
10	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 account	amod
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 origin	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 origin	det
14	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 account	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Moon	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Moon	det
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 origin	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the prevailing account of the origin of the Moon	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	prevail	gerund			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	account		the origin of the Moon		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Debris from a collision of a Mars-sized body with the Earth coalesced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Debris	debris	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coalesced	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 collision	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 collision	det
4	collision	collision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Debris	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 body	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 body	det
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sized	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Mars	punct
9	sized	size	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 body	amod
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collision	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 body	nmod
14	coalesced	coalesce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	size	participle		tree rules
2	coalesce	past	Debris from a collision of a sized body with the Earth	vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	collide		a sized body with the Earth	nom collision «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The Moon was detached from the Sun in its infancy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 detached	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 detached	aux:pass
4	detached	detach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 detached	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 infancy	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 infancy	nmod:poss
10	infancy	infancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detach	past · passive		the Moon				in Moon's infancy; from the Sun	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from sun=Co-Patient

Option 3

The Moon was captured intact from the asteroid belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 captured	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 captured	aux:pass
4	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	intact	intact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 captured	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 belt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 belt	det
8	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 belt	compound
9	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past · passive		the Moon		the asteroid belt			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary intact=Theme

Option 4

The Moon was formed subsequent to the appearance of life upon the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 formed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 formed	aux:pass
4	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 formed	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 appearance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 appearance	det
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appearance	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 life	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive		the Moon	the appearance of life upon the Earth			subsequent property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to appearance=Recipient

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