Exam question 4 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the location of the greater part of the Earth's fresh water.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, location

This is exam question 4 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea 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	13 location	det
13	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 part	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 part	det
16	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 part	amod
17	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 location	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	23 water	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Earth	det
20	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 water	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Earth	case
22	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 water	amod
23	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 part	nmod
24	.	.	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 location of the greater part of the Earth's fresh water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus location=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

It flows in rivers and streams

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 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 rivers	case
4	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flows	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 streams	cc
6	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rivers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	It			rivers and streams			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location

Option 2

It is suspended as clouds in the sky

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	3 suspended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 suspended	aux:pass
3	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 clouds	case
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 suspended	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suspended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspend	present · passive		It		the sky		as clouds	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as cloud=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is frozen in ice or lies underground

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	3 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frozen	aux:pass
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 ice	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frozen	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 lies	cc
7	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frozen	conj
8	underground	underground	ADV	_	7 lies	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		It		ice			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	lie	present						underground property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is contained in lakes such as Baikal

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	3 contained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 contained	aux:pass
3	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 lakes	case
5	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contained	obl
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 Baikal	case
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	Baikal	Baikal	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lakes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present · passive		It		lakes such Baikal			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in lake=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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