Exam question 3 · Soil

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

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 loam	amod
12	loam	loam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	conj
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

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a balanced mixture of sand, silt and clay most suitable for agriculture

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mixture	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mixture	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mixture	det
4	balanced	balanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mixture	amod
5	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mixture	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 silt	punct
9	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mixture	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 clay	cc
11	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 silt	conj
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 suitable	advmod
13	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 silt	amod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 agriculture	case
15	agriculture	agriculture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 suitable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a balanced mixture and silt and clay				of sand	tree rules

Option 2

It is a soil consisting wholly of clay that does not drain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 soil	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soil	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	consisting	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 soil	acl
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 consisting	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 clay	case
8	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consisting	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 drain	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 drain	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 drain	advmod
12	drain	drain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 clay	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a soil		tree rules
2	consist	gerund	a soil not said here		of clay; wholly property	tree rules
3	not drain	present · do-support	clay			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 3

It is the bedrock beneath the subsoil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bedrock	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bedrock	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bedrock	det
4	bedrock	bedrock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 subsoil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 subsoil	det
7	subsoil	subsoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bedrock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the bedrock				beneath the subsoil	tree rules

Option 4

It is a soil consisting wholly of gravel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 soil	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 soil	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	consisting	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 soil	acl
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 consisting	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gravel	case
8	gravel	gravel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consisting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a soil					tree rules
2	consist	gerund	a soil not said here					of gravel; wholly property	tree rules

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