Exam question 4 · The Earth as a planet
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Earth among the rocky planets.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Earth
This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «The Earth as a planet» 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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Earth | det |
| 11 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | among | among | ADP | _ | 15 planets | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 planets | det |
| 14 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 planets | amod |
| 15 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 concerning | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | the Earth | among the rocky planets | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus earth=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
It is the smallest of the four rocky planets
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 smallest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 smallest | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smallest | det |
| 4 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 planets | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 planets | det |
| 7 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 planets | nummod |
| 8 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 planets | amod |
| 9 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smallest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | of the four rocky planets; small property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is the largest of the four and the only one known to support life
The tree, 15 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 | 4 largest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 largest | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 largest | det |
| 4 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 one | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 7 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 one | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 one | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 largest | obl |
| 12 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 one | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 support | mark |
| 14 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 known | xcomp |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 support | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | of the only one; large property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | the only one not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | support | to-infinitive | life | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus |
Option 3
It is the rocky planet nearest the Sun
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 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 planet | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 planet | det |
| 4 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 planet | amod |
| 5 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 planet | amod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sun | det |
| 8 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 nearest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the rocky planet | tree rules |
Option 4
It is one of several rocky planets known to support life
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 one | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 one | cop |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 planets | case |
| 5 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 planets | amod |
| 6 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 planets | amod |
| 7 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 one | nmod |
| 8 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 planets | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 support | mark |
| 10 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 known | xcomp |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 support | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | one | of several rocky planets | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | participle | several rocky planets not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | support | to-infinitive | life | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus |
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