Exam question 3 · Gemstones and precious metals

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises rubies and sapphires?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: rubies

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sapphires	cc
11	sapphires	sapphire	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rubies	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		rubies and sapphires				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Both are varieties of corundum, distinguished by trace elements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 varieties	det
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 varieties	cop
3	varieties	variety	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 corundum	case
5	corundum	corundum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 varieties	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 distinguished	punct
7	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 varieties	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 elements	case
9	trace	trace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 elements	compound
10	elements	element	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 distinguished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		both varieties				of corundum	tree rules
2	distinguish	participle		both varieties not said here				by trace elements	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent by element=Attribute

Option 2

Both are varieties of beryl, distinguished by their age and depth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 varieties	det
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 varieties	cop
3	varieties	variety	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 beryl	case
5	beryl	beryl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 varieties	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 distinguished	punct
7	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 varieties	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 age	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 age	nmod:poss
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distinguished	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 depth	cc
12	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 age	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		both varieties				of beryl	tree rules
2	distinguish	participle		both varieties not said here			by varieties's age and depth		vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent by age=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Rubies are organic and sapphires mineral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 organic	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 organic	cop
3	organic	organic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mineral	cc
5	sapphires	sapphire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mineral	compound
6	mineral	mineral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 organic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rubies					organic property	tree rules

Option 4

Sapphires are artificial and rubies natural

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sapphires	sapphire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 artificial	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 artificial	cop
3	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 natural	cc
5	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 natural	nsubj
6	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 artificial	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sapphires					artificial property	tree rules
2	be		rubies						tree rules

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