Exam question 4 · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of chalk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, composition

This is exam question 4 of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 composition	det
13	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 chalk	case
15	chalk	chalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 composition	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the composition of chalk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=Experiencer

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 consists principally of the remains of terrestrial plants

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 remains	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 remains	det
6	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 consists	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 plants	case
8	terrestrial	terrestrial	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plants	compound
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 remains	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of the remains of terrestrial plants; principally property	tree rules

Option 2

It consists principally of cooled volcanic glass

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 glass	case
5	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 glass	amod
6	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 glass	amod
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of cooled volcanic glass; principally property	tree rules
2	cool	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consists principally of the shells and skeletons of minute marine organisms

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 shells	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shells	det
6	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 skeletons	cc
8	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shells	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 minute	case
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skeletons	nmod
11	marine	marine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 organisms	amod
12	organisms	organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It	marine organisms				of the shells and skeletons of minute; principally property	tree rules

Option 4

It consists principally of compacted desert sand

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
5	compacted	compact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sand	amod
6	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sand	compound
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of compacted desert sand; principally property	tree rules
2	compact	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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