Exam question 4 · Minerals and crystals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the formation of halite deposits.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, formation

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 formation	det
13	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 deposits	case
15	halite	halite	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 deposits	compound
16	deposits	deposit	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 formation	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the formation of halite deposits		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus formation=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

They were formed by the evaporation of ancient seas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 evaporation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 evaporation	det
6	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 seas	case
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seas	amod
9	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 evaporation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive	the evaporation of ancient seas	They					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	evaporate			ancient seas					nom evaporation «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

They were formed by the cooling and crystallisation of basaltic lava

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 cooling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cooling	det
6	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crystallisation	cc
8	crystallisation	crystallisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooling	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 lava	case
10	basaltic	basaltic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lava	amod
11	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive	the cooling of basaltic lava and crystallisation	They					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	cool			basaltic lava					nom cooling «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They were formed by the metamorphism of slate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 metamorphism	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 metamorphism	det
6	metamorphism	metamorphism	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 slate	case
8	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 metamorphism	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive	the metamorphism of slate	They					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 4

They were formed by the compaction of shells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 formed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 compaction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 compaction	det
6	compaction	compaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 shells	case
8	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 compaction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive	the compaction of shells	They					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	compact		shells						nom compaction «event intransitive»: of=agent

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