Exam question 3 · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the eye of a hurricane.

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, eye

This is exam question 3 of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» 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 eye	det
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hurricane	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hurricane	det
16	hurricane	hurricane	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eye	nmod
17	.	.	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 eye of a hurricane		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=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

It is calm, the strongest winds blowing in the surrounding wall of cloud

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 calm	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calm	cop
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 winds	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winds	det
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 winds	amod
7	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calm	obl
8	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 winds	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wall	det
11	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 wall	amod
12	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blowing	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 cloud	case
14	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		the strongest winds obl; calm property	tree rules
2	blow	gerund	the strongest winds not said here	the surrounding wall of cloud		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	surround	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It contains the strongest winds of the entire storm

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 winds	det
4	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 winds	amod
5	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contains	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 storm	amod
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 winds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	the strongest winds of the entire storm					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wind=Theme
2	wind			the entire storm					nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is the point at which the tornado touches the ground

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	4 point	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 point	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 point	det
4	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 touches	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tornado	det
8	tornado	tornado	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 touches	nsubj
9	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 point	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 touches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the point					tree rules
2	touch	present	the tornado	the ground		the point			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme

Option 4

It is the location of the storm surge

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	4 location	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 location	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 surge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surge	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surge	compound
8	surge	surge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 location	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the location				of the storm surge	tree rules

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