Exam question 2 · Mars

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present state of water upon Mars?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: present state

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Mars» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 state	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 state	amod
11	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 water	case
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 state	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 Mars	case
15	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 state	nmod
16	?	?	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		the present state of water				of the following statements; upon Mars; 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is principally frozen in the polar caps and beneath the surface

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 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	aux:pass
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	4 frozen	advmod
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 caps	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 caps	det
7	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caps	amod
8	caps	cap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frozen	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 surface	cc
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 surface	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 surface	det
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		It		the polar caps and the surface		principally property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2

It is present in extensive surface oceans

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 present	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 present	cop
3	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 oceans	case
5	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oceans	amod
6	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oceans	compound
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			extensive surface oceans		present property	tree rules

Option 3

It exists solely as rainfall in the atmosphere

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 exists	nsubj
2	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 exists	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 rainfall	case
5	rainfall	rainfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exists	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 atmosphere	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 atmosphere	det
8	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	It			the atmosphere		as rainfall; solely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in atmosphere=Location

Option 4

It has at no time been present upon Mars

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	obl
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 present	cop
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	parataxis
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Mars	case
9	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	participle					time	upon Mars; present property	tree rules

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