Exam question 4 · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the polar regions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, polar regions

This is exam question 4 of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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 regions	det
13	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 regions	amod
14	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	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 polar regions		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus region=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 right answer

Antarctica is a continent of land beneath ice, whereas the Arctic is chiefly frozen ocean

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 continent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 continent	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 continent	det
4	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 land	case
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continent	nmod
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 ice	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continent	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ocean	punct
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	15 frozen	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Arctic	det
12	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 frozen	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 frozen	aux:pass
14	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	15 frozen	advmod
15	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ocean	amod
16	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 continent	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Antarctica	a continent				of land; beneath ice	tree rules
2	freeze	present · passive		the Arctic				chiefly property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2

Both are continents of land beneath ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 continents	det
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 continents	cop
3	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 land	case
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continents	nmod
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continents	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		both continents				of land; beneath ice	tree rules

Option 3

Both are oceans covered with floating ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 oceans	det
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 oceans	cop
3	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 oceans	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 ice	case
6	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 ice	amod
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	both oceans		tree rules
2	cover	participle	both oceans not said here	with floating ice	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ice=Theme
3	float	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The Arctic is a continent of land beneath ice, whereas Antarctica is chiefly frozen ocean

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Arctic	det
2	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 continent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 continent	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 continent	det
5	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 land	case
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continent	nmod
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 ice	case
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continent	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ocean	punct
11	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	16 ocean	case
12	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ocean	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 ocean	cop
14	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	16 ocean	advmod
15	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ocean	amod
16	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continent	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Arctic	a continent	of land; beneath ice	tree rules
2	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	Antarctica		whereas frozen ocean; chiefly property	tree rules

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