Exam question 4 · Mars

Ascertain the distinction held by Olympus Mons.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, hold · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 distinction	det
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 distinction	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Mons	case
6	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mons	compound
7	Mons	Mons	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 held	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the distinction					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic
2	hold	participle		the distinction not said here				by Olympus Mons	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mons=Location

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

It is the largest moon of 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	5 moon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moon	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moon	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 moon	amod
5	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Mars	case
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 moon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest moon				of Mars	tree rules

Option 2

It is the deepest canyon in the whole Solar System

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 canyon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 canyon	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 canyon	det
4	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 canyon	amod
5	canyon	canyon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 System	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 System	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 System	amod
9	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 System	compound
10	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 canyon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the deepest canyon		the whole Solar System			tree rules

Option 3

It is the largest impact crater 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	6 crater	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crater	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crater	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 crater	amod
5	impact	impact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crater	compound
6	crater	crater	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Mars	case
8	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 crater	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the largest impact crater				upon Mars	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is the tallest volcano in the Solar System

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 volcano	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 volcano	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 volcano	det
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 volcano	amod
5	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 System	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 System	det
8	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 System	compound
9	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 volcano	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the tallest volcano		the Solar System			tree rules

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