Exam question 4 · The solar system and the planets

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the present classification of Pluto.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «The solar system and the planets» 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 classification	det
13	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 classification	amod
14	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Pluto	case
16	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 classification	nmod
17	.	.	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 present classification of Pluto		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer
5	classify			Pluto		nom classification «act 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is designated a moon of Neptune

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 designated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designated	aux:pass
3	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 moon	det
5	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designated	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Neptune	case
7	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 moon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · passive		It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme moon=Attribute

Option 2

It is designated a star

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 designated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designated	aux:pass
3	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 star	det
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · passive		It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme star=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is designated a dwarf planet

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 designated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designated	aux:pass
3	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 planet	det
5	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 planet	amod
6	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · passive		It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme planet=Attribute

Option 4

It is designated the ninth planet

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 designated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designated	aux:pass
3	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 planet	det
5	ninth	ninth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 planet	amod
6	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present · passive		It					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme planet=Attribute

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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