Exam question 4 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle
It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: specimen, you · What happens: give, float, ascertain · To what, where: It, water, probable identity
This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 floats | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 specimen | det |
| 6 | specimen | specimen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floats | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 rock | case |
| 8 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rock | amod |
| 9 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 specimen | nmod |
| 10 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floats | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | float | present | a specimen of volcanic rock | water | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon water=Trajectory |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 identity | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 probable | advmod |
| 4 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 identity | amod |
| 5 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 specimen | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 specimen | det |
| 8 | specimen | specimen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identity | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the probable identity of the specimen | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Obsidian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsidian | Obsidian | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Pumice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pumice | pumice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Dense basalt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dense | dense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 basalt | amod |
| 2 | basalt | basalt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Granite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granite | granite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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