Exam question 4 · Telescopes and light

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the James Webb Space Telescope.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Space Telescope

This is exam question 4 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	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	16 Telescope	det
13	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Space	amod
14	Webb	Webb	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Space	compound
15	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Telescope	compound
16	Telescope	Telescope	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 Space Telescope		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus telescope=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was launched in 2021 and has a gold-coated mirror 6.5 metres wide

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	3 launched	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 launched	aux:pass
3	launched	launch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 2021	case
5	2021	2021	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 launched	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 launched	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mirror	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coated	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 gold	punct
11	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 mirror	amod
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
13	6.5	6.5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 metres	nummod
14	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wide	obl:unmarked
15	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 has	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	launch	past · passive	It	2021		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in 2021=Destination
2	have	present	a coated mirror		wide property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient
3	coat	participle				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It was launched in 1990 and was later repaired by visiting astronauts in 1993

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	3 launched	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 launched	aux:pass
3	launched	launch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1990	case
5	1990	1990	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 launched	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 repaired	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 repaired	aux:pass
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 repaired	advmod
9	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 launched	conj
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 visiting	mark
11	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 repaired	advcl
12	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 visiting	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 1993	case
14	1993	1993	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 visiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	launch	past · passive	It	1990		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in 1990=Destination
2	repair	past · passive			late property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»
3	visit	gerund	astronauts	1993		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent astronaut=Co-Agent

Option 3

It is under construction in Chile for 2030

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 construction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 construction	cop
3	under	under	ADP	_	4 construction	case
4	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Chile	case
6	Chile	Chile	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 construction	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 2030	case
8	2030	2030	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			construction		in Chile; for 2030	tree rules

Option 4

It is a radio dish of 76 metres in Cheshire

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 dish	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dish	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dish	det
4	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dish	compound
5	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 metres	case
7	76	76	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 metres	nummod
8	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dish	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Cheshire	case
10	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 metres	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a radio dish				of 76 metres in Cheshire	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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