Exam question 4 · Continents and oceans

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Continents and oceans» 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 boundary	det
13	boundary	boundary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 Europe	case
15	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 boundary	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Asia	cc
17	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Europe	conj
18	.	.	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 boundary	between Europe and Asia	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boundary=Experiencer

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 Ural Mountains are often taken as the border

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mountains	det
2	Ural	Ural	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Mountains	compound
3	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 taken	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taken	aux:pass
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 taken	advmod
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 border	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 border	det
9	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		the Ural Mountains				as the border; often property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as border=Attribute

Option 2

The River Thames is taken as the border

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Thames	det
2	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Thames	compound
3	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 border	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 border	det
8	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		the River Thames				as the border	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as border=Attribute

Option 3

The two are separated entirely by an ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 two	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 separated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 separated	aux:pass
4	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 separated	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 ocean	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ocean	det
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 separated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	present · passive	a ocean	the two				entirely property	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The Alps are taken as the border

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Alps	det
2	Alps	Alp	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 taken	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 border	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 border	det
7	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		the Alps				as the border	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as border=Attribute

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