Test 7 · ★ · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
Mia reckons metamorphic means the rock melted and set again. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, metamorphic, rock · What happens: reckon, mean, melt, set, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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: Mia reckons metamorphic means the rock melted and set again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | metamorphic | metamorphic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckons | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rock | det |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 melted | nsubj |
| 7 | melted | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 set | cc |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 melted | conj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 set | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Mia | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | metamorphic | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | melt | past | the rock | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | set | infinitive | the rock not said here | again | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She's right, it melted completely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 melted | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 melted | nsubj |
| 6 | melted | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 7 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 6 melted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | melt | past | it | completely property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
It means the rock came from space
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rock | det |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 space | case |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come | past | the rock | space | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from space=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Metamorphic rock changed with heat and pressure but did not melt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metamorphic | metamorphic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rock | amod |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rock | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 heat | case |
| 5 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changed | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pressure | cc |
| 7 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heat | conj |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 melt | cc |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 melt | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 melt | advmod |
| 11 | melt | melt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 changed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | participle | Metamorphic rock not said here | with heat and pressure | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not melt | past · do-support | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
It means the rock was made by animals, like a coral reef
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rock | det |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 animals | case |
| 8 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reef | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 reef | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 reef | det |
| 12 | coral | coral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 reef | amod |
| 13 | reef | reef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | animals | the rock | like a coral reef | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
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