Exam question 1 · Telescopes and light

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal function of an astronomical telescope?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Telescopes and light» 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 function	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 function	amod
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 telescope	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 telescope	det
14	astronomical	astronomical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 telescope	amod
15	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 function	nmod
16	?	?	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 principal function of a astronomical telescope				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

The transmission of signals into space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 transmission	det
2	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 signals	case
4	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 transmission	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 space	case
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit			signals into space					nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The collection of light from faint objects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 collection	det
2	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 light	case
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collection	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 objects	case
6	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 objects	amod
7	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collection	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The magnification of the heat of stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnification	det
2	magnification	magnification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 heat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heat	det
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 magnification	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stars	case
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	magnify			the heat of stars					nom magnification «act transitive»: of=patient
2	heat		stars						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The production of light for observation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 light	case
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 observation	case
6	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			light				for observation	nom production «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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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