Exam question 2 · Glass and pottery

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the arrangement of particles in glass?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, arrange · To what, where: arrangement, particles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arrangement	det
10	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 particles	case
12	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arrangement	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 glass	case
14	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 particles	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the arrangement of particles in glass	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	arrange		particles in glass		nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The particles are separated by pockets of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 particles	det
2	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 separated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 separated	aux:pass
4	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 pockets	case
6	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 separated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pockets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	present · passive		the particles				by pockets of air	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The particles flow slowly downwards over centuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 particles	det
2	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flow	nsubj
3	flow	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 flow	advmod
5	downwards	downwards	ADV	_	3 flow	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 centuries	case
7	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	the particles				century	downwards, slowly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The particles are disordered rather than arranged in crystals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 particles	det
2	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disordered	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disordered	aux:pass
4	disordered	disorder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	7 arranged	cc
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 rather	fixed
7	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disordered	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 crystals	case
9	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disorder	present · passive		the particles		crystals			tree rules
2	arrange	participle							vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The particles are arranged in perfect cubes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 particles	det
2	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arranged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 arranged	aux:pass
4	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cubes	case
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cubes	amod
7	cubes	cube	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arranged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	present · passive		the particles		perfect cubes			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cube=Destination

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