Exam question 1 · The Milky Way
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the structure of the Milky Way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: structure
This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «The Milky Way» 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 | 10 structure | det |
| 10 | structure | structure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Way | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Way | det |
| 13 | Milky | milky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Way | amod |
| 14 | Way | Way | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 structure | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the structure of the Milky Way | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules |
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
It is an elliptical galaxy of a few thousand stars
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 | 5 galaxy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 galaxy | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 galaxy | det |
| 4 | elliptical | elliptical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 galaxy | amod |
| 5 | galaxy | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 stars | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 thousand | det |
| 8 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thousand | amod |
| 9 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 stars | nummod |
| 10 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 galaxy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a elliptical galaxy | of thousand stars | tree rules |
Option 2
It is a spherical cloud of gas which surrounds the Earth and the Moon
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 | 5 cloud | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cloud | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cloud | det |
| 4 | spherical | spherical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cloud | amod |
| 5 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gas | case |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cloud | nmod |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 surrounds | nsubj |
| 9 | surrounds | surround | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cloud | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Earth | det |
| 11 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 surrounds | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Moon | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Moon | det |
| 14 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Earth | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a spherical cloud | of gas | tree rules | |||
| 2 | surround | present | a spherical cloud | the Earth and the Moon | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is a barred spiral galaxy, a disc of a few hundred billion stars
The tree, 14 words
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 | 6 galaxy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 galaxy | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 galaxy | det |
| 4 | barred | bar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 galaxy | amod |
| 5 | spiral | spiral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 galaxy | amod |
| 6 | galaxy | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 disc | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 disc | det |
| 9 | disc | disc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 galaxy | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 stars | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 stars | det |
| 12 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 stars | amod |
| 13 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 billion | compound |
| 14 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 stars | nummod |
| 15 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 disc | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bar | participle | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a barred spiral galaxy | tree rules |
Option 4
It is an irregular cluster of nine planets
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 | 5 cluster | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cluster | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cluster | det |
| 4 | irregular | irregular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cluster | amod |
| 5 | cluster | cluster | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 planets | case |
| 7 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 planets | nummod |
| 8 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cluster | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a irregular cluster | of nine planets | 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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