Exam question 3 · Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature
It is given that an object is transported from the Earth to the Moon. Determine which of its quantities remains unaltered.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, transport, determine, remain · To what, where: It, object, Moon, Earth
This is exam question 3 of lesson 90 «Measuring the world — length, mass, time and temperature» 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 an object is transported from the Earth to the Moon.
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 | SCONJ | _ | 8 transported | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 object | det |
| 6 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 transported | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 transported | aux:pass |
| 8 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 Earth | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Earth | det |
| 11 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 transported | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Moon | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Moon | det |
| 14 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 transported | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | transport | present · passive | a object | the Moon | the Earth | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from earth=Initial_Location to moon=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 which of its quantities remains unaltered.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 remains | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 quantities | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 quantities | nmod:poss |
| 5 | quantities | quantity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 remains | obl |
| 6 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 7 | unaltered | unaltered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 remains | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | remain | present | you not said here | of Moon's quantities; unaltered property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Its weight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 weight | nmod:poss |
| 2 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Neither its mass nor its weight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 mass | cc:preconj |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mass | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 weight | cc |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 weight | nmod:poss |
| 6 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mass | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Its mass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mass | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Both its mass and its weight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 3 mass | cc:preconj |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mass | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 weight | cc |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 weight | nmod:poss |
| 6 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mass | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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