Exam question 4 · Clouds, rain, snow and hail
It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing. Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: water vapour, temperature, you · What happens: give, condense, be, ascertain, form, designate · To what, where: It, freezing, designation, deposit
This is exam question 4 of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 vapour | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vapour | compound |
| 6 | vapour | vapour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 condenses | nsubj |
| 7 | condenses | condense | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | conj |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 surface | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 surface | det |
| 10 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 condenses | obl |
| 11 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 12 temperature | nmod:poss |
| 12 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 freezing | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 freezing | cop |
| 14 | below | below | ADP | _ | 15 freezing | case |
| 15 | freezing | freezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 surface | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | condense | present | that water vapour | upon a surface | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | freezing's temperature | freezing | 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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 designation | det |
| 3 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 deposit | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deposit | det |
| 6 | deposit | deposit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 designation | nmod |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 formed | advmod |
| 8 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deposit | acl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the designation of the deposit | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent designation=Topic | ||||
| 2 | form | participle | the deposit not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | designate | the deposit | nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Frost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Hail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Dew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Sleet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleet | sleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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