Exam question 2 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a shooting star?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 star	det
10	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 star	compound
11	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		a shooting star				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 right answer

A speck of space rock burning in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 speck	det
2	speck	speck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rock	case
4	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rock	compound
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 speck	nmod
6	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 speck	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund	a speck of space rock not said here			the air			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location

Option 2

A star falling towards the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 star	acl
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	a star not said here			the Earth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards earth=Initial_Location

Option 3

A satellite returning to the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 satellite	det
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 satellite	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	a satellite not said here					to the Earth result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result

Option 4

A planet passing in front of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 planet	det
2	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 planet	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passing	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund	a planet not said here			front of the Moon			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in front=Location

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