Exam question 1 · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the location of the majority of volcanoes and earthquakes?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» 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 location	det
10	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 majority	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 majority	det
13	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 location	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 volcanoes	case
15	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 majority	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 earthquakes	cc
17	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 volcanoes	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the location of the majority of volcanoes and earthquakes				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They occur chiefly near the North and South Poles

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	2 occur	advmod
4	near	near	ADP	_	9 Poles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Poles	det
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Poles	compound
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 South	cc
8	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 North	conj
9	Poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They			the North Poles		chiefly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near pole=Location

Option 2

They occur with equal frequency in all places on 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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 frequency	case
4	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 frequency	amod
5	frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occur	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 places	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 places	det
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 places	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They			all places on Earth		with equal frequency	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in place=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They occur chiefly where the Earth's plates meet

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	2 occur	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 meet	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 plates	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Earth	case
8	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 meet	nsubj
9	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 occur	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They					chiefly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	meet	present	the Earth's plates						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They occur chiefly in the centres of the largest plates

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 occur	nsubj
2	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	2 occur	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 centres	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 centres	det
6	centres	centre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occur	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 plates	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plates	det
9	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 plates	amod
10	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 centres	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	They			the centres of the largest plates		chiefly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in centre=Location

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