Exam question 4 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

Which of the following most accurately characterises the movement of the flag in film of the Moon landings?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, move, film · To what, where: movement, flag, Moon landings

This is exam question 4 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 movement	det
9	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 flag	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flag	det
12	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 movement	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 film	case
14	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flag	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 landings	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 landings	det
17	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 landings	compound
18	landings	landing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 film	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the movement of the flag in film of the Moon landings	accurately property	tree rules
3	move		the flag in film of the Moon landings		nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient
4	film		the Moon landings		nom film «communication transitive»: of=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 was caused by the rocket's engines

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 engines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocket	det
6	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engines	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 rocket	case
8	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past · passive	the rocket's engines	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

Option 2

It proves the filming took place on 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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 filming	det
4	filming	filming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proves	ccomp
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	take	past	the filming	place		Earth			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Theme on earth=Destination

Option 3

It was caused by wind upon the Moon

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 caused	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past · passive	wind upon the Moon	It					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient

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

It was caused by astronauts twisting the pole and prolonged by the absence of air

The tree, 15 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	3 caused	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caused	aux:pass
3	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 astronauts	case
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl:agent
6	twisting	twist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 astronauts	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pole	det
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 twisting	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 prolonged	cc
10	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 caused	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 absence	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 absence	det
13	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prolonged	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 air	case
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past · passive	astronauts	It		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	twist	gerund	astronauts not said here	the pole		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pole=Theme
3	prolong	participle	astronauts not said here		by the absence of air	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	absent			air		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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