Exam question 1 · Explorers and how the world was mapped

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Columbus in 1492?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, voyage · To what, where: voyage, 1492, Columbus

This is exam question 1 of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 voyage	det
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Columbus	case
12	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 voyage	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 1492	case
14	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 characterises	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the voyage of Columbus	1492	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	voyage		Columbus			nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient

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

He sailed west hoping to reach Asia but reached islands in the Caribbean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	west	west	ADV	_	2 sailed	advmod
4	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sailed	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reach	mark
6	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hoping	xcomp
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 reached	cc
9	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sailed	conj
10	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reached	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Caribbean	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Caribbean	det
13	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He			west property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	hope	gerund	He not said here				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	Asia			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent asia=Theme
4	reach	past	He not said here	islands	the Caribbean		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent island=Theme

Option 2

He sailed around the world and returned to Spain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 returned	cc
7	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sailed	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Spain	case
9	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He			the world			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around world=Trajectory
2	return	past	He not said here		Spain				vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to spain=Result

Option 3

He sailed south and reached the South Pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	south	south	ADV	_	2 sailed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 reached	cc
5	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sailed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pole	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Pole	compound
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He					south property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	reach	past	He not said here	the South Pole					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pole=Theme

Option 4

He sailed east and reached the coast of China

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	east	east	ADV	_	2 sailed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 reached	cc
5	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sailed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coast	det
7	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 China	case
9	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 coast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He					east property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	reach	past	He not said here	the coast of China					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent coast=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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