Test 3 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle
In a fantasy film, a black glassy stone is called "dragonglass". What is it in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: call, be · To what, where: black glassy stone, fantasy film, stone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» 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
Sentence 1: In a fantasy film, a black glassy stone is called "dragonglass".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 3 | fantasy | fantasy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | compound |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 called | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 film | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stone | det |
| 7 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stone | amod |
| 8 | glassy | glassy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stone | amod |
| 9 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 called | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 called | aux:pass |
| 11 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 dragonglass | punct |
| 13 | dragonglass | dragonglass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 called | xcomp |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 dragonglass | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | a black glassy stone | a fantasy film | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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: What is it in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | stone | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Coal pressed into glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Coal | acl |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 glass | case |
| 4 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | participle | Coal not said here | glass | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent into glass=Trajectory |
Option 2
Granite polished very smooth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granite | Granite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 polished | nsubj |
| 2 | polished | polish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 smooth | advmod |
| 4 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 polished | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | polish | past | Granite | smooth property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Basalt, the rock of the ocean floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basalt | basalt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rock | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rock | det |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Basalt | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 floor | det |
| 7 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 floor | compound |
| 8 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rock | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Obsidian, lava that cooled too fast for crystals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsidian | Obsidian | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 lava | punct |
| 3 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Obsidian | appos |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 cooled | nsubj |
| 5 | cooled | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lava | acl:relcl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 fast | advmod |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 cooled | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 crystals | case |
| 9 | crystals | crystal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cooled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | past | lava | for crystals; fast property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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