Exam question 3 · Satellites and GPS

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the period of revolution of the International Space Station.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, International Space Station · What happens: select, establish, concern, revolt · To what, where: response, period

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» 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 period	det
11	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 revolution	case
13	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 period	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 Station	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Station	det
16	International	International	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Station	compound
17	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Station	compound
18	Station	Station	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 revolution	nmod
19	.	.	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	the period of revolution of the International Space Station		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus period=Experiencer
4	revolt		the International Space Station			nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent

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 completes one orbit of the Earth in approximately ninety minutes

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 completes	nsubj
2	completes	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 orbit	nummod
4	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 orbit	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 minutes	case
9	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	10 ninety	advmod
10	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 minutes	nummod
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 completes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	present	It	one orbit of the Earth			minute		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orbit=Eventuality

Option 2

It remains stationary above a single point upon the surface of the Earth at all times

The tree, 16 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 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obj
4	above	above	ADP	_	7 point	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 point	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 point	amod
7	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 surface	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 surface	det
10	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 point	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 surface	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 times	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 times	det
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It	stationary		a single point upon the surface of the Earth	time		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stationary=Attribute

Option 3

It completes one orbit in approximately one day

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 completes	nsubj
2	completes	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 orbit	nummod
4	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	present	It	one orbit			day		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orbit=Eventuality

Option 4

It completes one orbit in approximately one year

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 completes	nsubj
2	completes	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 orbit	nummod
4	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 year	case
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 year	nummod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	present	It	one orbit			year		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orbit=Eventuality

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