Exam question 2 · Thinking like an astronomer
It is given that an object possesses a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth. Ascertain its mass upon the Moon.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, you · What happens: give, possess, ascertain · To what, where: It, mass
This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Thinking like an astronomer» of the world 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
Sentence 1: It is given that an object possesses a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 possesses | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 object | det |
| 6 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 possesses | nsubj |
| 7 | possesses | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mass | det |
| 9 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 possesses | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 kilograms | case |
| 11 | 60 | 60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 kilograms | nummod |
| 12 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mass | nmod |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 Earth | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Earth | det |
| 15 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 kilograms | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | possess | present | a object | a mass of 60 kilograms upon the Earth | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mass=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain its mass upon the Moon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mass | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mass | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | object's mass | upon the Moon | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sixty kilograms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kilograms | nummod |
| 2 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three hundred and sixty kilograms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 kilograms | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sixty | cc |
| 4 | sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 5 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Zero kilograms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zero | zero | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kilograms | nummod |
| 2 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Ten kilograms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kilograms | nummod |
| 2 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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