Exam question 3 · Natural resources and why we must save them

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the burning of fossil fuels.

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, burning

This is exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» 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 burning	det
13	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fuels	case
15	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fuels	compound
16	fuels	fuel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 burning	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 burning of fossil fuels		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burning=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

It pollutes the air and adds carbon dioxide that warms the climate

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 pollutes	nsubj
2	pollutes	pollute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pollutes	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 adds	cc
6	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pollutes	conj
7	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dioxide	compound
8	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adds	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 warms	nsubj
10	warms	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dioxide	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 climate	det
12	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pollute	present	It	the air	tree rules
2	add speech: assert	present		carbon dioxide	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dioxide=Patient
3	warm	present	carbon dioxide	the climate	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent climate=Patient

Option 2

It produces no gases whatsoever

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 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 gases	det
4	gases	gas	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 produces	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 produces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	no gases				whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Result

Option 3

It renews the supply of fossil fuels

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 renews	nsubj
2	renews	renew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 supply	det
4	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renews	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fuels	case
6	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fuels	compound
7	fuels	fuel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	renew	present	It	the supply of fossil fuels					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent supply=Patient

Option 4

It removes carbon dioxide from the air

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 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dioxide	compound
4	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	carbon dioxide		the air			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dioxide=Theme from air=Source

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