Exam question 3 · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a meteorite?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: meteorite

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meteorite	det
10	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	Number=Sing	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		a meteorite				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 · ← Mova's choice

An icy body possessing an extended tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 body	det
2	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 body	amod
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 body	acl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tail	det
6	extended	extended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	gerund	a icy body not said here	a extended tail					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tail=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A fragment of extraterrestrial rock recovered upon the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fragment	det
2	fragment	fragment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recovered	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	extraterrestrial	extraterrestrial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fragment	nmod
6	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	past	a fragment of extraterrestrial rock					upon the ground	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The luminous trail produced in the upper atmosphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trail	det
2	luminous	luminous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trail	amod
3	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 trail	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 atmosphere	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 atmosphere	det
7	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 atmosphere	amod
8	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	participle		the luminous trail not said here		the upper atmosphere			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A small rocky body orbiting the Sun within the asteroid belt for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 body	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
3	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	orbiting	orbit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 body	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 orbiting	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	11 belt	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 belt	det
10	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belt	compound
11	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 orbiting	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 ever	case
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 orbiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	orbit	gerund	a small rocky body not said here	the Sun				within the asteroid belt	tree rules

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