Exam question 1 · Soil

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the composition of soil?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 56 «Soil» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 composition	det
10	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 soil	case
12	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 composition	nmod
13	?	?	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		the composition of soil				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 · ← Mova's choice

A deposit consisting exclusively of decayed vegetation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deposit	det
2	deposit	deposit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	consisting	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 deposit	acl
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 consisting	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 vegetation	case
6	decayed	decay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 vegetation	amod
7	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consisting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	gerund	a deposit not said here					of decayed vegetation; exclusively property	tree rules
2	decay	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A homogeneous substance consisting solely of crushed rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 substance	det
2	homogeneous	homogeneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 substance	amod
3	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	consisting	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 substance	acl
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 consisting	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rock	case
7	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 rock	amod
8	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 substance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	gerund	a homogeneous substance of crushed rock not said here					solely property	tree rules
2	crush	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A mixture of mineral particles, humus, water, air and living organisms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mixture	det
2	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 particles	case
4	mineral	mineral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 particles	amod
5	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mixture	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 humus	punct
7	humus	humus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 particles	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 water	punct
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 humus	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 air	punct
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 humus	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 organisms	cc
13	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 organisms	amod
14	organisms	organism	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 particles	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A mixture of sand and sea water alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mixture	det
2	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sand	case
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mixture	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 water	cc
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sand	conj
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 water	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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