--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Wind and the air around the Earth · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the troposphere? Exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Wind and the air around the Earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Wind and the air around the Earth Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the troposphere? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** troposphere This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Wind and the air around the Earth» 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/69-wind-and-the-atmosphere/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the troposphere? 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 troposphere troposphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 troposphere | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} The uppermost and thinnest layer of the atmosphere ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e1:o1:1 # text = The uppermost and thinnest layer of the atmosphere 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 uppermost uppermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 thinnest thin ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The region at which space is said to commence ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e1:o2:1 # text = The region at which space is said to commence 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 commence commence VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | the region at which space | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **commence** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The lowest layer of the atmosphere, wherein almost all weather occurs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e1:o3:1 # text = The lowest layer of the atmosphere, wherein almost all weather occurs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | present | the lowest layer of the atmosphere | | | | | wherein *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The layer containing the ozone which absorbs ultraviolet light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:69-wind-and-the-atmosphere:e1:o4:1 # text = The layer containing the ozone which absorbs ultraviolet light 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ozone ozone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 absorbs absorb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 ultraviolet ultraviolet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | gerund | the layer *not said here* | the ozone | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ozone=Theme | | 2 | **absorb** | present | the ozone | ultraviolet light | | | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal light=Theme | **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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