Exam question 4 · Gravity

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning astronauts in orbit about the Earth.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, astronauts, orbit

This is exam question 4 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	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	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 orbit	case
14	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 Earth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Earth	det
17	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 orbit	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	astronauts	orbit about the Earth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus astronaut=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

They float because the Moon draws them upward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 draws	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 draws	nsubj
6	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 float	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 draws	obj
8	upward	upward	ADV	_	6 draws	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	draw	present	the Moon	them = they				upward property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They float because gravity is wholly absent at such a distance from the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 absent	mark
4	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 absent	cop
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	7 absent	advmod
7	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 float	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 distance	case
9	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	11 distance	det:predet
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 distance	det
11	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absent	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 Earth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Earth	det
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 distance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	gravity					at such distance from the Earth; absent, wholly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They float because they and their vessel are falling about the Earth together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 falling	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 falling	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 vessel	cc
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 vessel	nmod:poss
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 they	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 falling	aux
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 float	advcl
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 Earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Earth	det
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 falling	obl
13	together	together	ADV	_	9 falling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present · progressive	they					about the Earth; together property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about earth=Location

Option 4

They float because the vessel is lighter than air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 lighter	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vessel	det
5	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lighter	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lighter	cop
7	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 float	advcl
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 air	case
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lighter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the vessel					than air; light property	tree rules

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