Test 8 · Inside the Earth

Which is true about the inner core?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 8 of lesson 41 «Inside the Earth» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 core	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 core	det
6	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 core	amod
7	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the inner core; true 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

It is made of the same rock as the crust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 crust	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crust	det
10	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				of the same rock; as the crust	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is solid even though it is hotter than the liquid outer core

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 solid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 solid	cop
3	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	even	even	ADV	_	8 hotter	advmod
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 hotter	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hotter	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hotter	cop
8	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 solid	parataxis
9	than	than	ADP	_	13 core	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 core	det
11	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 core	amod
12	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 core	amod
13	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hotter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					solid property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					than the liquid outer core; hot property	tree rules

Option 3

It is hollow and full of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hollow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hollow	cop
3	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 full	cc
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hollow	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 air	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					hollow property	tree rules
2	be							of air	tree rules

Option 4

It is liquid because it is the hottest and deepest part of the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 liquid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liquid	cop
3	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 part	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 part	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 part	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
8	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 part	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 deepest	cc
10	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 hottest	conj
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liquid	advcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Earth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Earth	det
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					liquid property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	the hottest part				of the Earth	tree rules

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