Exam question 3 · The seasons and the tilt of the axis

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the date of the Earth's closest approach to the Sun.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, Earth · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, approach · To what, where: response, date

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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	13 date	det
13	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 approach	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Earth	det
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 approach	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Earth	case
18	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 approach	amod
19	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 date	nmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 Sun.	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Sun.	det
22	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 approach	nmod

#	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 date of the Earth's closest approach to the Sun.		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus date=Experiencer
5	approach		the Earth		to the Sun.	nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 occurs in early January, during the northern winter

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 January	case
4	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 January	amod
5	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 winter	punct
7	during	during	ADP	_	10 winter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 winter	det
9	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 winter	amod
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It				january; winter		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It occurs at the spring equinox in March

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 equinox	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equinox	det
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 equinox	compound
6	equinox	equinox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 March	case
8	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 equinox	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It			the spring equinox in March			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at equinox=Location

Option 3

It occurs in early July, during the northern summer

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 July	case
4	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 July	amod
5	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 summer	punct
7	during	during	ADP	_	10 summer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 summer	det
9	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 summer	amod
10	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It				july		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It occurs at the autumn equinox in September

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 equinox	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equinox	det
5	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 equinox	compound
6	equinox	equinox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 September	case
8	September	September	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 equinox	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It			the autumn equinox in September			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at equinox=Location

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