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# Exam question 3 · Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the motion of a person seated at rest upon the Earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** follow, characteris, seat, motion · **To what, where:** motion, person, rest

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» of the physics 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/physics/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the motion of a person seated at rest upon the Earth?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | the motion of a person |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **seat** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  | rest upon the Earth |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 4 | **motion** |  | a person |  |  |  |  |  | nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The person is borne round the Sun at approximately one hundred thousand kilometres per hour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:e3:o1:1
# text = The person is borne round the Sun at approximately one hundred thousand kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	_
12	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
14	per	per	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | the person |  | thousand kilometres per hour |  | round the Sun | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The person moves solely when walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:e3:o2:1
# text = The person moves solely when walking
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The person is wholly at rest in every respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:e3:o3:1
# text = The person is wholly at rest in every respect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the person |  |  | rest |  | in every respect; wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The person moves at approximately forty kilometres per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:e3:o4:1
# text = The person moves at approximately forty kilometres per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | the person |  |  | forty kilometres per hour |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at kilometre=Trajectory |

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**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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