Test 8 · ★ · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
Rock layers in a cliff are bent into a big arch. What most likely did that?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bend, do · To what, where: Rock layers, big arch, that
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Rock layers in a cliff are bent into a big arch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 layers | compound |
| 2 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cliff | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cliff | det |
| 5 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 layers | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bent | aux:pass |
| 7 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 arch | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 arch | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 arch | amod |
| 11 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bent | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | present · passive | Rock layers in a cliff | a big arch | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into arch=Product |
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 most likely did that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 2 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 likely | advmod |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 did | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | that | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Plates colliding and squeezing the layers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | colliding | collide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Plates | acl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 squeezing | cc |
| 4 | squeezing | squeeze | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 colliding | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 layers | det |
| 6 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 squeezing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collide | gerund | Plates not said here | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | squeeze | gerund | Plates not said here | the layers | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Waves bending them last winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | bending | bend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Waves | acl |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bending | obj |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 winter | amod |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bending | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | gerund | Waves not said here | Waves = wave | winter | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent they=Material |
Option 3
Rain falling on the layers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Rain | acl |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 layers | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 layers | det |
| 5 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 falling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | gerund | Rain not said here | the layers | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on layer=Location |
Option 4
The layers were laid down curved by wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 layers | det |
| 2 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 laid | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 laid | aux:pass |
| 4 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 laid | compound:prt |
| 6 | curved | curve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 laid | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 wind | case |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 curved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay down | past · passive | the layers | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 2 | curve | participle | by wind | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
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