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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Jupiter · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Great Red Spot? Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Jupiter» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Jupiter

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Great Red Spot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Great Red Spot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Jupiter» of the space 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/space/10-jupiter/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:10-jupiter:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Great Red Spot?
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	12	det	_	_
10	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
12	Spot	Spot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 Great Red Spot |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A storm of greater width than the Earth, observed for at least one hundred and ninety years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:10-jupiter:e2:o1:1
# text = A storm of greater width than the Earth, observed for at least one hundred and ninety years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	width	width	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	nmod	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	_
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle |  | a storm of greater width than the Earth *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **storm** |  | greater width than the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A satellite of Jupiter of reddish hue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:10-jupiter:e2:o2:1
# text = A satellite of Jupiter of reddish hue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	reddish	reddish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hue	hue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A transient storm persisting for some days only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:10-jupiter:e2:o3:1
# text = A transient storm persisting for some days only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	transient	transient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	persisting	persist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | gerund | a transient storm *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An extinct volcano situated upon a solid crust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:10-jupiter:e2:o4:1
# text = An extinct volcano situated upon a solid crust
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | participle |  | a extinct volcano *not said here* |  | a solid crust |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon crust=Destination |

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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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