Test 7 · Gemstones and precious metals

"shut up, pearls come out of rocks like every other gem" — what is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pearls · What happens: shut up, come out, be · To what, where: rocks, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct
2	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 shut	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
5	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shut	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 rocks	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rocks	case
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 gem	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 gem	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gem	amod
13	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rocks	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 truth	punct
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 truth	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 truth	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 truth	det
19	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shut	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	come out in a quote	present	pearls	rocks like every other gem	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient rock=Result
3	is a	present		the truth	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

Pearls are drops of melted silver that cooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drops	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drops	cop
3	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 silver	case
5	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 silver	amod
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drops	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 cooled	nsubj
8	cooled	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 silver	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Pearls	drops	of melted silver	tree rules
2	melt	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	cool	past	melted silver			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Pearls are tiny diamonds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 diamonds	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 diamonds	cop
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 diamonds	amod
4	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Pearls	tiny diamonds					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pearls are made by oysters and mussels, not rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 oysters	case
5	oysters	oyster	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mussels	cc
7	mussels	mussel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 oysters	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rocks	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 rocks	advmod
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 oysters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	oysters and mussels and rocks	Pearls					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

Option 4

Pearls form in volcanic pipes like diamonds do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 form	nsubj
2	form	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pipes	case
4	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pipes	amod
5	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 form	obl
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 do	mark
7	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 form	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	Pearls			volcanic pipes			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pipe=Location
2	do	present	diamonds						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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