Exam question 2 · Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★

A comet recedes from the Sun. State the direction in which its tails point.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: comet, tails · What happens: recede, point · To what, where: Sun. State

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★» 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 comet	det
2	comet	comet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recedes	nsubj
3	recedes	recede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 State	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 State	det
6	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 State	compound
7	State	State	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 recedes	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 direction	det
9	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 State	appos
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 point	obl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tails	nmod:poss
13	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 point	nsubj
14	point	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 direction	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 recedes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recede	present	a comet			the Sun. State			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from state=Initial_Location
2	point	present	comet's tails					in the direction	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme

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

Away from the Sun, ahead of its motion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Away	away	ADV	_	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 Sun	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Away	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ahead	punct
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Away	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 motion	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 motion	nmod:poss
9	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ahead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	motion		Sun						nom motion «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Towards the Earth, wherever it lies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Towards	towards	ADP	_	3 Earth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Earth	det
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Earth	punct
5	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	7 lies	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lies	nsubj
7	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Earth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Earth					wherever property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Across its path, at right angles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Across	across	ADP	_	3 path	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 path	nmod:poss
3	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 angles	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 angles	case
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 angles	amod
7	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 path	conj

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

Option 4

Towards the Sun, behind its motion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Towards	towards	ADP	_	3 Sun	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Sun	det
3	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 motion	punct
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 motion	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 motion	nmod:poss
7	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	motion		its = it						nom motion «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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