Exam question 4 · Maps, plans and the compass

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning colours upon a physical map.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 colours	amod
12	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 map	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 map	det
15	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 map	amod
16	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
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 and concerning colours; upon a physical map; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Blue denotes cold land, green forest, and brown desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 land	amod
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 forest	punct
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forest	amod
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 land	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 desert	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 desert	cc
10	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 desert	amod
11	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Blue	cold land and green forest					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Blue denotes water, green low land, and brown hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 land	punct
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 land	amod
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 land	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hills	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hills	cc
10	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hills	amod
11	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Blue	water and green low land				brown hills obl	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Topic

Option 3

Blue denotes mountains, green sea, and brown rivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sea	punct
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sea	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mountains	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rivers	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rivers	cc
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rivers	amod
10	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Blue	mountains and green sea				brown rivers obl	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mountain=Topic

Option 4

Blue denotes sky, green water, and brown cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 water	punct
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sky	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cities	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cities	cc
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cities	amod
10	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Blue	sky and green water				brown cities obl	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sky=Topic

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