Exam question 4 · Thinking like an astronomer

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the far side of the Moon.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, far side

This is exam question 4 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

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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Moon	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Moon	det
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 side	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the far side of the Moon		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus side=Experiencer

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 illuminated solely by 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 illuminated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 illuminated	aux:pass
3	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 illuminated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 illuminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	illuminate	present · passive	the Earth	It				solely property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

Option 2

It remains in perpetual darkness

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	in	in	ADP	_	5 darkness	case
4	perpetual	perpetual	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 darkness	compound
5	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	It			perpetual darkness			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location

Option 3

It emits a light of its own

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 emits	nsubj
2	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	It	a light of light's own					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme

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

It receives sunlight in the same manner as the near side

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 receives	nsubj
2	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 side	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	It	sunlight		the same manner		as the near side	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme in manner=Location

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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