Exam question 3 · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the designation epicentre.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, designation epicentre

This is exam question 3 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	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	14 epicentre	det
13	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 epicentre	compound
14	epicentre	epicentre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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 designation epicentre		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus epicentre=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 instrument by which earthquakes are measured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measured	nsubj:pass
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 earthquakes	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 earthquakes	det
5	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instrument	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 measured	aux:pass
7	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · passive		the instrument by which earthquakes					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 2

The crater at the summit of a volcano

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3

The point deep underground at which an earthquake begins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 begins	nsubj:outer
3	deep	deep	ADV	_	4 underground	advmod
4	underground	underground	ADV	_	9 begins	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 begins	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 earthquake	det
8	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 begins	nsubj
9	begins	begin	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	begin	present	the point					underground property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The point upon the surface directly above the origin of an earthquake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 origin	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	nmod
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	9 origin	advmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 origin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 origin	det
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 earthquake	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 earthquake	det
12	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 origin	nmod

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

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