Exam question 3 · Mars
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the search for life upon Mars.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, search
This is exam question 3 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 | 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 search | det |
| 11 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 life | case |
| 13 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obl |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 Mars | case |
| 15 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 life | nmod |
| 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 search | for life upon Mars | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus search=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
Fossilised animals were recovered by Perseverance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossilised | fossilis | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 animals | amod |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 recovered | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 recovered | aux:pass |
| 4 | recovered | recover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Perseverance | case |
| 6 | Perseverance | Perseverance | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 recovered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fossilis | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | recover | past · passive | Perseverance | Fossilised animals | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No life has been found, though a possible sign of ancient microbes was reported in 2025
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 life | det |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 reported | punct |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 15 reported | mark |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sign | det |
| 9 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sign | amod |
| 10 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 microbes | case |
| 12 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 microbes | amod |
| 13 | microbes | microbe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sign | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 reported | aux:pass |
| 15 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 found | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 2025 | case |
| 17 | 2025 | 2025 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 reported | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect · passive | no life | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | report | past · passive | a possible sign of ancient microbes | 2025 | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | sign | ancient microbes | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Living organisms were conclusively identified in 2012
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 organisms | amod |
| 2 | organisms | organism | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 identified | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 identified | aux:pass |
| 4 | conclusively | conclusively | ADV | _ | 5 identified | advmod |
| 5 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 2012 | case |
| 7 | 2012 | 2012 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 identified | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | past · passive | Living organisms | 2012 | conclusively property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The search was abandoned upon the arrival of Curiosity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 search | det |
| 2 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abandoned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 4 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 arrival | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 arrival | det |
| 7 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abandoned | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Curiosity | case |
| 9 | Curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 arrival | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | past · passive | the search | upon the arrival of Curiosity | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | arrive | Curiosity | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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