Exam question 2 · The Moon

Identify the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface designated maria.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lunar surface · What happens: identify, designate · To what, where: nature, maria

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 regions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 regions	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 regions	amod
7	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nature	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 surface	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 surface	det
10	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 surface	amod
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regions	nmod
12	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 surface	acl
13	maria	maria	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 designated	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the dark regions of the lunar surface					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	designate	participle	the lunar surface not said here	maria					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maria=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

Shadows cast by the lunar mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Shadows	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 mountains	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mountains	det
5	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mountains	amod
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	participle		Shadows not said here				by the lunar mountains	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by mountain=Destination

Option 2

Bodies of standing water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bodies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Plains of ancient solidified lava

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 lava	case
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lava	amod
4	solidified	solidify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lava	amod
5	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plains	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solidify	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Regions of dense vegetation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 vegetation	case
3	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 vegetation	amod
4	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Regions	nmod

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

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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