Exam question 2 · Floating and sinking: the push of water
It is given that cargo is loaded upon a ship. Determine the consequent alteration in its position in the water.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, load, determine · To what, where: It, cargo, ship, consequent alteration, position
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that cargo is loaded upon a ship.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 cargo | det |
| 5 | cargo | cargo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loaded | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 loaded | aux:pass |
| 7 | loaded | load | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 ship | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ship | det |
| 10 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loaded | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | load | present · passive | that cargo | a ship | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon ship=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the consequent alteration in its position in the water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 alteration | det |
| 3 | consequent | consequent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alteration | compound |
| 4 | alteration | alteration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 position | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 position | nmod:poss |
| 7 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 position | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the consequent alteration | alteration's position in the water | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alteration=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It sits higher in the water
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 sits | nsubj |
| 2 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 sits | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | It | the water | high property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
Option 2
It remains at exactly the same level
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 remains | nsubj |
| 2 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 level | case |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 level | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 level | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 level | amod |
| 7 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remains | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | present | It | the same level | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at level=Location |
Option 3
It rises entirely out of the water
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 rises | nsubj |
| 2 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 2 rises | advmod |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rises | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | It | the water | entirely property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out water=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It sits lower in the water
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 sits | nsubj |
| 2 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lower | low | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 sits | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | It | the water | low property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
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