Exam question 2 · Gemstones and precious metals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of diamonds.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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 origin	det
13	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 diamonds	case
15	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 origin	nmod
16	.	.	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 origin of diamonds		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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

They are deposited by rivers upon the surface of deserts

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 deposited	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	aux:pass
3	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 rivers	case
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deposited	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 surface	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surface	det
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 deserts	case
10	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deposit	present · passive	rivers	They		the surface of deserts			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme upon surface=Destination

Option 2

They are secreted by marine molluscs

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 secreted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secreted	aux:pass
3	secreted	secrete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 molluscs	case
5	marine	marine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 molluscs	amod
6	molluscs	mollusc	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 secreted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secrete	present · passive	marine molluscs	They					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They crystallise from carbon at great depth in the mantle and ascend through volcanic pipes

The tree, 15 words

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	2 crystallise	nsubj
2	crystallise	crystallise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 carbon	case
4	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystallise	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 depth	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 depth	amod
7	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystallise	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 mantle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mantle	det
10	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crystallise	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ascend	cc
12	ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crystallise	conj
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 pipes	case
14	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pipes	amod
15	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ascend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crystallise	present	They			carbon		at great depth; in the mantle	tree rules
2	ascend	present	They not said here			volcanic pipes			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through pipe=Initial_Location

Option 4

They precipitate from rainwater within caverns

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	2 precipitate	nsubj
2	precipitate	precipitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 rainwater	case
4	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precipitate	obl
5	within	within	ADP	_	6 caverns	case
6	caverns	cavern	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 precipitate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precipitate	present	They			rainwater		within caverns	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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