Exam question 1 · Wind and the air around the Earth

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the troposphere?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: troposphere

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 troposphere	det
10	troposphere	troposphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the troposphere				of the following statements; accurately property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The uppermost and thinnest layer of the atmosphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 layer	det
2	uppermost	uppermost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 layer	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 thinnest	cc
4	thinnest	thin	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 layer	amod
5	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 atmosphere	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 atmosphere	det
8	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 layer	nmod

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

Option 2

The region at which space is said to commence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 region	det
2	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj:pass
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 space	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 space	det
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 region	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux:pass
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 commence	mark
9	commence	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		the region at which space					tree rules
2	commence	to-infinitive							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The lowest layer of the atmosphere, wherein almost all weather occurs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 layer	det
2	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 layer	amod
3	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 occurs	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 atmosphere	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 atmosphere	det
6	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 layer	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 occurs	punct
8	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	12 occurs	advmod
9	almost	almost	ADV	_	10 all	advmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 weather	det
11	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 occurs	nsubj
12	occurs	occur	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	occur	present	the lowest layer of the atmosphere					wherein property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The layer containing the ozone which absorbs ultraviolet light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 layer	det
2	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 layer	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ozone	det
5	ozone	ozone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 containing	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 absorbs	nsubj
7	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ozone	acl:relcl
8	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 light	amod
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 absorbs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	the layer not said here	the ozone					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ozone=Theme
2	absorb	present	the ozone	ultraviolet light					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal light=Theme

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