Exam question 1 · Maps, plans and the compass

Which of the following is designated by the term legend, or key, of a map?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: following · What happens: follow, designate

This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Maps, plans and the compass» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 designated	csubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 designated	aux:pass
6	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 legend	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 legend	det
9	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legend	compound
10	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 designated	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 key	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 key	cc
13	key	key	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 designated	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 map	punct
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 map	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 map	det
17	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 key	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	designate	present · passive	following					by the term legend	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»

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

The explanation of each sign and colour upon the map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sign	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explanation	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 colour	cc
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 map	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 map	det
10	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explanation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain		each sign and colour					upon the map	nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent upon=obl

Option 2

The ratio of the distance upon the map to the real distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ratio	det
2	ratio	ratio	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 distance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 distance	det
5	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ratio	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 map	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 map	det
8	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 distance	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 distance	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 distance	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 distance	amod
12	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 map	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The title and date of the map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 title	det
2	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 date	cc
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 title	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 map	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 map	det
7	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 title	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	title			the map					nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The direction of north upon the map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 direction	det
2	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 map	case
4	north	north	ADV	_	7 map	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 map	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 map	det
7	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 direction	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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