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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of the Earth? Exam question 1 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 1 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of the Earth?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the figure of the Earth?
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	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	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 figure of the Earth |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **figure** |  |  | the Earth |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 sphere slightly flattened at the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e1:o1:1
# text = A sphere slightly flattened at the poles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sphere	sphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flatten** | participle · passive |  | a sphere |  | the poles |  | slightly *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A perfectly flat disc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e1:o2:1
# text = A perfectly flat disc
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	disc	disc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cube with rounded edges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e1:o3:1
# text = A cube with rounded edges
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cube	cube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rounded	round	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sphere elongated at the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e1:o4:1
# text = A sphere elongated at the poles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sphere	sphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	elongated	elongate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elongate** | participle |  | a sphere *not said here* |  | the poles |  |  | tree rules |

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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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