Test 7 · ★★ · Minerals and crystals

A crystal and a piece of glass both look clear. What is the real difference inside?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crystal · What happens: look, be · To what, where: real difference

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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: A crystal and a piece of glass both look clear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crystal	det
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 piece	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystal	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 glass	case
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 look	nsubj
9	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a crystal and a piece of glass					clear property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 is the real difference inside?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 difference	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 difference	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 difference	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 difference	amod
5	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 difference	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 difference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the real difference				inside property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The crystal's atoms are in a repeating pattern; the glass's are jumbled

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crystal	det
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 atoms	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 crystal	case
4	atoms	atom	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pattern	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 pattern	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 pattern	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pattern	det
8	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 pattern	amod
9	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 jumbled	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 jumbled	nsubj:pass
13	's	's	PART	_	12 glass	case
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 jumbled	aux:pass
15	jumbled	jumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pattern	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	repeat	gerund				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	present	the crystal's atoms		a repeating pattern	tree rules
3	jumble	present · passive		the glass		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The crystal is liquid inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crystal	det
2	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liquid	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 liquid	cop
4	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 liquid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the crystal					inside, liquid property	tree rules

Option 3

The glass has a pattern; the crystal is jumbled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pattern	det
5	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 jumbled	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crystal	det
8	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jumbled	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 jumbled	aux:pass
10	jumbled	jumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the glass	a pattern					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient
2	jumble	present · passive		the crystal					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

There is no difference at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 difference	det
4	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 difference	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no difference at all			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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