--- title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Saturn and its rings · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thickness of Saturn's main rings. Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/12-saturn-and-its-rings/e3/) [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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Saturn and its rings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/12-saturn-and-its-rings/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Saturn and its rings Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thickness of Saturn's main rings. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, thickness This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» 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/12-saturn-and-its-rings/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e3:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thickness of Saturn's main rings. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 thickness thickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 Saturn Saturn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the response | | | | | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the thickness of Saturn's main rings | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thickness=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} It exceeds the diameter of the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e3:o1:1 # text = It exceeds the diameter of the Earth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exceeds exceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 diameter diameter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exceed** | present | It | the diameter of the Earth | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot diameter=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is typically in the order of ten metres ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e3:o2:1 # text = It is typically in the order of ten metres 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 typically typically ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | the order | | of ten metres; typically *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is in excess of ten thousand kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e3:o3:1 # text = It is in excess of ten thousand kilometres 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 compound _ _ 7 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | excess | | of thousand kilometres | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is equal to their breadth ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:12-saturn-and-its-rings:e3:o4:1 # text = It is equal to their breadth 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 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | to their breadth; equal *property* | tree rules | **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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