Exam question 1 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of the Earth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, figure · To what, where: figure, Earth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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 figure	det
10	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 figure	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the figure of the Earth	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	figure		the Earth		nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

A sphere slightly flattened at the poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sphere	det
2	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattened	nsubj:pass
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	4 flattened	advmod
4	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 poles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poles	det
7	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flattened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	participle · passive		a sphere		the poles		slightly property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

A perfectly flat disc

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disc	det
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 flat	advmod
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disc	amod
4	disc	disc	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

A cube with rounded edges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cube	det
2	cube	cube	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 edges	case
4	rounded	round	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 edges	amod
5	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cube	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	round	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A sphere elongated at the poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sphere	det
2	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	elongated	elongate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sphere	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 poles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poles	det
6	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 elongated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elongate	participle		a sphere not said here		the poles			tree rules

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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