Exam question 1 · Minerals and crystals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mineral?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: mineral

This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mineral	det
10	mineral	mineral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a mineral				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A manufactured solid of variable composition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 solid	det
2	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 solid	amod
3	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 composition	case
5	variable	variable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 composition	amod
6	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	participle							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A naturally occurring liquid of fixed chemical composition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 liquid	det
2	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	3 occurring	advmod
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 liquid	amod
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 composition	case
6	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 composition	amod
7	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 composition	amod
8	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liquid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund						naturally property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Any solid substance extracted from the ground irrespective of composition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 substance	det
2	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 substance	amod
3	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 substance	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extracted	obl
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	4 extracted	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 composition	case
10	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	participle		any solid substance not said here		the ground		of composition; irrespective property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from ground=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A naturally occurring solid of fixed chemical composition with an ordered atomic structure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurring	det
2	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	3 occurring	advmod
3	occurring	occur	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 occurring	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 composition	case
6	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 composition	amod
7	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 composition	amod
8	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solid	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 structure	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 structure	det
11	ordered	ordered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 structure	amod
12	atomic	atomic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 structure	amod
13	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund						with a ordered atomic structure; naturally, solid property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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