Exam question 4 · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a satellite in orbit.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, satellite, orbit

This is exam question 4 of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 satellite	det
13	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 orbit	case
15	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a satellite	orbit		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus satellite=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

It rests upon the top of the atmosphere

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 rests	nsubj
2	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rests	obl
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 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	It			the top of the atmosphere			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon top=Location

Option 2

It floats because there is no gravity in space

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 floats	nsubj
2	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 is	mark
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 floats	advcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 gravity	det
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 is	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 space	case
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gravity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	It						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	be	present	no gravity in space			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is held aloft by its engines continuously

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 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 held	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 engines	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 engines	nmod:poss
7	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obl
8	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	3 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive	its engines	It				aloft, continuously property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It falls around the Earth whilst moving sideways very fast

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 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 falls	obl
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	7 moving	mark
7	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 falls	advcl
8	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	7 moving	advmod
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 fast	advmod
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	It			the Earth			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location
2	move	gerund						fast, sideways property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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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