Exam question 1 · Gravity

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the quantity designated as weight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, designate · To what, where: quantity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Gravity» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quantity	det
10	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 quantity	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 weight	case
13	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 designated	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the quantity	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	participle	the quantity not said here	as weight	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as weight=Attribute

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 volume an object occupies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volume	det
2	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupies	nsubj
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupies	nsubj
5	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	present	the volume						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The quantity of matter an object contains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quantity	det
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contains	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 matter	case
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quantity	nmod
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 object	det
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quantity	nmod
7	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the quantity of matter a object						vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The force exerted by gravity upon an object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 force	det
2	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	exerted	exert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 force	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 gravity	case
5	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exerted	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 object	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exerted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	participle		the force not said here				by gravity; upon a object	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The density of the material of an object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 density	det
2	density	density	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 material	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 material	det
5	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 density	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 object	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 material	nmod

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

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