Exam question 3 · Mercury

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the interior of Mercury?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: interior

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Mercury» 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	7 consistent	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	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 interior	det
14	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Mercury	case
16	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 interior	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; 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 interior of Mercury		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interior=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

An iron core occupies the greater part of its interior

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 core	det
2	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 core	compound
3	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occupies	nsubj
4	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occupies	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 interior	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 interior	nmod:poss
10	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	present	a iron core	the greater part of core's interior					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus part=Experiencer

Option 2

It contains a global subsurface ocean of water

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	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ocean	det
4	global	global	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ocean	amod
5	subsurface	subsurface	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ocean	compound
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ocean	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	a global subsurface ocean of water					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ocean=Theme

Option 3

It is entirely hollow, being composed of a thin rocky shell

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 hollow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hollow	cop
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 hollow	advmod
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 composed	punct
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 composed	aux:pass
7	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hollow	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 shell	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 shell	det
10	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shell	amod
11	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shell	amod
12	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					entirely, hollow property	tree rules
2	compose	gerund · passive						of a thin rocky shell	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»

Option 4

It consists principally of hydrogen and helium gas

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hydrogen	case
5	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gas	cc
7	helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gas	compound
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hydrogen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of hydrogen and helium gas; principally property	tree rules

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