Exam question 2 · Ships, ports and submarines

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the means whereby a submarine submerges and surfaces.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, the, submarine · What happens: select, establish, concern, mean, submerge · To what, where: response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 concerning	ccomp
12	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	15 submerges	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 submarine	det
14	submarine	submarine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 submerges	nsubj
15	submerges	submerge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 means	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 surfaces	cc
17	surfaces	surface	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 submerges	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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			tree rules
4	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	submerge	present	a submarine		whereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 descends exclusively by means of an anchor lowered to the seabed

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 descends	nsubj
2	descends	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 descends	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 descends	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 anchor	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 anchor	det
8	anchor	anchor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl
9	lowered	lower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 anchor	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 seabed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 seabed	det
12	seabed	seabed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lowered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	descend	present	It			exclusively property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present				of a anchor	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	lower	participle		a anchor not said here	the seabed		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to seabed=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It admits water to its tanks in order to descend and expels that water with compressed air in order to ascend

The tree, 21 words

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 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tanks	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tanks	nmod:poss
6	tanks	tank	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 admits	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 descend	mark
10	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 admits	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 expels	cc
12	expels	expel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 admits	conj
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expels	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 air	case
16	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 air	amod
17	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expels	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 order	case
19	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expels	obl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 ascend	mark
21	ascend	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 expels	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	It	water	order	to water's tanks	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme in order=Location
2	descend	to-infinitive					vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	expel	present		that water	order	with compressed air	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
4	compress	participle					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	ascend	to-infinitive					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It descends by extinguishing its lights and ascends by illuminating them

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 descends	nsubj
2	descends	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 extinguishing	mark
4	extinguishing	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 descends	advcl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lights	nmod:poss
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 extinguishing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ascends	cc
8	ascends	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 descends	conj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 illuminating	mark
10	illuminating	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ascends	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 illuminating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	descend	present	It		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	extinguish	gerund		its lights	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient
3	ascend	present			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	illuminate	gerund		lights = light	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination
5	light		its = it		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is raised and lowered by the action of the tides alone

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 raised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	aux:pass
3	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lowered	cc
5	lowered	lower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 raised	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 action	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 tides	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tides	det
11	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 action	nmod
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 tides	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	raise	present · passive		It		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lower	participle			by the action of the tides	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by action=Destination
3	act		the tides			nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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