Exam question 1 · Eclipses

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a solar eclipse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: solar eclipse

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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 eclipse	det
10	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 eclipse	amod
11	eclipse	eclipse	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 solar eclipse				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

A cloud is interposed between the Sun and the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloud	det
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interposed	aux:pass
4	interposed	interpose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Earth	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpose speech: other	present · passive		a cloud				between the Sun and the Earth	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 2

The Sun is interposed between the Earth and the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interposed	aux:pass
4	interposed	interpose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Moon	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Moon	det
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Earth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpose speech: other	present · passive		the Sun				between the Earth and the Moon	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 3

The Earth is interposed between the Sun and the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interposed	aux:pass
4	interposed	interpose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Moon	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Moon	det
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpose speech: other	present · passive		the Earth				between the Sun and the Moon	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Moon is interposed between the Sun and the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interposed	aux:pass
4	interposed	interpose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interposed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Earth	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interpose speech: other	present · passive		the Moon				between the Sun and the Earth	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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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