Exam question 3 · Weathering and erosion

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning deposition.

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, deposition

This is exam question 3 of lesson 52 «Weathering and erosion» 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	deposition	deposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	deposition		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deposition=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

Deposition denotes the dissolution of limestone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deposition	deposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dissolution	det
4	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 limestone	case
6	limestone	limestone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissolution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Deposition	the dissolution of limestone					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dissolution=Topic
2	dissolve			limestone					nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Deposition denotes the freezing of water in rock fissures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deposition	deposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 freezing	det
4	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 freezing	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 fissures	case
8	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fissures	compound
9	fissures	fissure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	Deposition	the freezing of water				in rock fissures	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot freezing=Theme in fissure=Attribute
2	freeze		water						nom freezing «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Material is deposited when the transporting water or wind loses speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	aux:pass
3	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 loses	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	transporting	transport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loses	nsubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 wind	cc
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	conj
10	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	advcl
11	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	deposit	present · passive		Material	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	transport	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	lose	present	the transporting water or wind	speed	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Eventuality

Option 4

Material is deposited when the water accelerates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deposited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	aux:pass
3	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 accelerates	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accelerates	nsubj
7	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deposited	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deposit	present · passive		Material					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	accelerate	present	the water						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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