--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ultr… — Sun safety · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ultraviolet radiation from the Sun? Exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/46-sun-safety/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Sun safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/46-sun-safety/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Sun safety Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ultraviolet radiation from the Sun? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** ultraviolet radiation, Sun This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/46-sun-safety/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises ultraviolet radiation from the Sun? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 ultraviolet ultraviolet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 radiation radiation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 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 | | ultraviolet radiation | | the Sun | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is invisible, cannot be felt, and burns the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e1:o1:1 # text = It is invisible, cannot be felt, and burns the skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | invisible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **feel** | can · passive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute» | | 3 | **burn** | present | | the skin | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is visible as bright yellow light ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e1:o2:1 # text = It is visible as bright yellow light 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | as bright yellow light; visible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is entirely blocked by clouds of every kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e1:o3:1 # text = It is entirely blocked by clouds of every kind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 blocked block VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **block** | present · passive | clouds of every kind | It | | | | entirely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | | 2 | **cloud** | | | every kind | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is felt as heat upon the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:46-sun-safety:e1:o4:1 # text = It is felt as heat upon the skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · passive | | It | | the skin | | as heat | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon skin=Location | **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. 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