Exam question 1 · Floating and sinking: the push of water

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises upthrust?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 83 «Floating and sinking: the push of water» 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	upthrust	upthrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		upthrust				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

The push of water upwards upon an object placed in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 push	det
2	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 object	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 push	nmod
5	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	8 object	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 object	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 object	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle		a object not said here		push			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in it=Destination
2	push		water						nom push «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The friction between a boat and the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friction	det
2	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friction	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boat	conj

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

Option 3

The pull of the Earth downwards upon an object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pull	det
2	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pull	nmod
6	downwards	downwards	ADV	_	2 pull	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 object	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 object	det
9	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull			the Earth				upon a object	nom pull «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 4

The weight of an object measured in air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weight	det
2	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 object	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 object	det
5	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weight	nmod
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 object	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	participle		a object not said here		air			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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