Exam question 3 · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the international conference of 1884.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, international conference

This is exam question 3 of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» 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	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	12 conference	det
11	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conference	amod
12	conference	conference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 1884	case
14	1884	1884	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 conference	nmod
15	.	.	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 international conference of 1884		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conference=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 · ← Mova's choice

Summer time was adopted throughout Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 time	compound
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 adopted	aux:pass
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	6 Europe	case
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · passive		Summer time			throughout Europe		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The first atomic clock was demonstrated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clock	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 clock	amod
3	atomic	atomic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clock	amod
4	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demonstrated	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 demonstrated	aux:pass
6	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	past · passive		the first atomic clock					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Greenwich was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 adopted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 adopted	aux:pass
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	10 longitude	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 meridian	det
6	meridian	meridian	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 longitude	compound
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 degrees	case
8	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 degrees	nummod
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 meridian	nmod
10	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · passive		Greenwich				as meridian longitude	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as longitude=Attribute

Option 4

Paris was adopted as the meridian of zero degrees longitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 adopted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 adopted	aux:pass
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	10 longitude	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 meridian	det
6	meridian	meridian	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 longitude	compound
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 degrees	case
8	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 degrees	nummod
9	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 meridian	nmod
10	longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · passive		Paris				as meridian longitude	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as longitude=Attribute

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