Exam question 4 · Phases, eclipses and tides

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises spring tides?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: spring tides

This is exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» 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	8 characterises	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	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tides	compound
10	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		spring tides				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Tides caused principally by the action of the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 caused	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 action	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 action	det
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 action	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Tides					by the action of the wind; principally property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	act		the wind						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tides occurring solely in the season of spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Tides	acl
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occurring	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 season	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 season	det
6	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurring	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 spring	case
8	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 season	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund	Tides not said here				season	solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Tides of least range, occurring at the quarter Moons in every month of the year

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 range	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 least	case
3	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 range	nmod
4	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 occurring	punct
6	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 range	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 Moons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Moons	det
9	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Moons	compound
10	Moons	moon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 occurring	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 month	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 month	det
13	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurring	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 month	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund	range of least not said here			the quarter Moons	month		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at moon=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tides of greatest range, occurring at new and full Moon throughout the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 range	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 greatest	case
3	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 range	amod
4	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 occurring	punct
6	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 range	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Moon	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 full	cc
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 new	conj
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 occurring	obl
12	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	14 year	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occurring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund	greatest range not said here			new Moon	year		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at moon=Location

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