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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of the Earth's atmosphere? Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «The Earth as a planet» 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 r
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# Exam question 3 · The Earth as a planet

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of the Earth's atmosphere?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «The Earth as a planet» 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/5-the-earth-as-a-planet/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:5-the-earth-as-a-planet:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of the Earth's atmosphere?
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	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 composition of the Earth's atmosphere |  |  |  | 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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Approximately seventy-eight per cent nitrogen and twenty-one per cent oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:5-the-earth-as-a-planet:e3:o1:1
# text = Approximately seventy-eight per cent nitrogen and twenty-one per cent oxygen
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
12	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Predominantly carbon dioxide with traces of nitrogen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:5-the-earth-as-a-planet:e3:o2:1
# text = Predominantly carbon dioxide with traces of nitrogen
1	Predominantly	predominantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	traces	trace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Predominantly oxygen with traces of nitrogen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:5-the-earth-as-a-planet:e3:o3:1
# text = Predominantly oxygen with traces of nitrogen
1	Predominantly	predominantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	traces	trace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Predominantly hydrogen and helium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:5-the-earth-as-a-planet:e3:o4:1
# text = Predominantly hydrogen and helium
1	Predominantly	predominantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	helium	helium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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