Exam question 1 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a chemical element?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Elements and the famous members of the periodic table» of the chemistry 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 element	det
10	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 element	amod
11	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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		a chemical element				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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A substance composed exclusively of atoms of a single kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 composed	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 atoms	case
6	atoms	atom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 kind	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kind	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kind	amod
10	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 atoms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		a substance not said here				of atoms of a single kind; exclusively property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A substance invariably solid at ordinary temperatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solid	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 solid	advmod
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperatures	case
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperatures	amod
7	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 solid	obl

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

Option 3

A substance composed of several metals in combination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 metals	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 metals	amod
6	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 combination	case
8	combination	combination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		a substance not said here		combination		of several metals	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A substance found only in laboratories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 laboratories	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 laboratories	case
6	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		a substance not said here		laboratories			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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