Exam question 4 · The Milky Way
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the object designated Sagittarius A*.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: object, Sagittarius
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 | 14 designated | nsubj |
| 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 object | det |
| 13 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | designated | designate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Select | parataxis |
| 15 | Sagittarius | Sagittarius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 designated | obj |
| 16 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 designated | obj |
| 17 | * | * | PUNCT | _ | 14 designated | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 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 object | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus object=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | designate | past | the response | Sagittarius | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent sagittarius=Theme a=Attribute |
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 a bright star in the constellation Sagittarius
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 star | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 star | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 star | det |
| 4 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 star | amod |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 constellation | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 constellation | det |
| 8 | constellation | constellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 star | nmod |
| 9 | Sagittarius | Sagittarius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 constellation | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a bright star | the constellation | tree rules |
Option 2
It is a small galaxy near the Milky Way
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 galaxy | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 galaxy | amod |
| 5 | galaxy | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 Way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Way | det |
| 8 | Milky | milky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Way | amod |
| 9 | Way | Way | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 galaxy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a small galaxy | the Milky Way | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is a black hole at the centre of the galaxy, first imaged in 2022
The tree, 15 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 | 5 hole | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hole | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hole | det |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hole | amod |
| 5 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 centre | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 centre | det |
| 8 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hole | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 galaxy | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 galaxy | det |
| 11 | galaxy | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 centre | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 imaged | punct |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 imaged | advmod |
| 14 | imaged | image | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 hole | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 2022 | case |
| 16 | 2022 | 2022 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 imaged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a black hole | the centre of the galaxy | tree rules | |||
| 2 | image | participle | 2022 | first property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a planet orbiting a distant star
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 | 4 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 planet | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 planet | det |
| 4 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | orbiting | orbit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 planet | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 star | det |
| 7 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 star | amod |
| 8 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 orbiting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a planet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | orbit | gerund | a planet not said here | a distant star | 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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