Exam question 3 · Minerals and crystals
It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile. Ascertain its most probable identity.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yellow metallic specimen, you · What happens: give, leave, ascertain · To what, where: It, black streak, unglazed tile, probable identity
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 leaves | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 specimen | det |
| 6 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 specimen | amod |
| 7 | metallic | metallic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 specimen | compound |
| 8 | specimen | specimen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 leaves | nsubj |
| 9 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 streak | det |
| 11 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 streak | amod |
| 12 | streak | streak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 leaves | obj |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 tile | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tile | det |
| 15 | unglazed | unglazed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 tile | amod |
| 16 | tile | tile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 streak | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave | present | a yellow metallic specimen | a black streak | a unglazed tile | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent streak=Theme upon tile=Location |
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: Ascertain its most probable identity.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 identity | nmod:poss |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 probable | advmod |
| 4 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 identity | amod |
| 5 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | tile's probable identity | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pyrite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | pyrite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
White talc
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 talc | amod |
| 2 | talc | talc | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Halite salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halite | Halite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 salt | compound |
| 2 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Pure gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gold | amod |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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