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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Gravity · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the quantity designated as weight? Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Gravity» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Gravity

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the quantity designated as weight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** quantity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Gravity» of the world 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/world/6-gravity/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the quantity designated as weight?
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	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 quantity |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle |  | the quantity *not said here* |  |  |  | as weight | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as weight=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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The volume an object occupies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e1:o1:1
# text = The volume an object occupies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	occupies	occupy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | present | the volume |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The quantity of matter an object contains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e1:o2:1
# text = The quantity of matter an object contains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | the quantity of matter  a object |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The force exerted by gravity upon an object

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e1:o3:1
# text = The force exerted by gravity upon an object
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	exerted	exert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exert** | participle |  | the force *not said here* |  |  |  | by gravity; upon a object | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The density of the material of an object

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e1:o4:1
# text = The density of the material of an object
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	density	density	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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