Exam question 4 · Exoplanets and the search for life
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the search for life beyond the Earth.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, search
This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 search | det |
| 13 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 search | nmod |
| 16 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 18 Earth | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Earth | det |
| 18 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 life | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | the search | for life beyond the Earth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus search=Experiencer |
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
Life has been confirmed on TRAPPIST-1
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 confirmed | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 4 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 TRAPPIST | case |
| 6 | TRAPPIST | trappist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confirmed | obl |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 1 | punct |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 TRAPPIST | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present · perfect · passive | Life | TRAPPIST | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
A radio message from aliens has been confirmed by SETI
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 message | det |
| 2 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 message | compound |
| 3 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 aliens | case |
| 5 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 message | nmod |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 confirmed | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 8 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 SETI | case |
| 10 | SETI | SETI | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 confirmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present · perfect · passive | SETI | a radio message from aliens | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |
Option 3
Microbial life has been confirmed on Mars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microbial | Microbial | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 life | compound |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 confirmed | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Mars | case |
| 7 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 confirmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present · perfect · passive | Microbial life | Mars | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No life has yet been confirmed beyond the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 life | det |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 confirmed | aux |
| 4 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 6 confirmed | advmod |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 6 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 9 Earth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Earth | det |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 confirmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present · perfect · passive | no life | yet | beyond the Earth | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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