Exam question 2 · Minerals and crystals

Identify the property ranked by the Mohs scale.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, rank · To what, where: property

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 property	det
3	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	ranked	rank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 property	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 scale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scale	det
7	Mohs	Mohs	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 scale	compound
8	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ranked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the property					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent property=Theme
2	rank	participle		the property not said here				by the Mohs scale	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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

Age, as determined by radioactive decay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 determined	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 determined	mark
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Age	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 decay	case
6	radioactive	radioactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 decay	amod
7	decay	decay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	participle		Age not said here				by radioactive decay	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Hardness, as determined by the capacity of one mineral to scratch another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hardness	hardness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 determined	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 determined	mark
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Hardness	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 capacity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 capacity	det
7	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mineral	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 mineral	nummod
10	mineral	mineral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 capacity	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 scratch	mark
12	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 determined	advcl
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 scratch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	participle		Hardness not said here				by the capacity of one mineral	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	scratch	to-infinitive		another					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme

Option 3

Lustre, as determined by the reflection of light from the surface of the specimen

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lustre	lustre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 determined	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 determined	mark
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Lustre	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 reflection	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reflection	det
7	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 light	case
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reflection	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 surface	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 surface	det
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 specimen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 specimen	det
15	specimen	specimen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	participle		Lustre not said here		the surface of the specimen		by the reflection of light	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Density, as determined by weighing in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Density	density	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 determined	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 determined	mark
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Density	acl
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 weighing	mark
6	weighing	weigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 determined	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weighing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	participle		Density not said here					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	weigh	gerund				water			vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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