Exam question 1 · Metals, mining and what they cost
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an ore?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: ore
This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Metals, mining and what they cost» 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 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ore | det |
| 10 | ore | ore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | a ore | 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 · ✓ the right answer
A rock containing a quantity of metal sufficient to warrant extraction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rock | det |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sufficient | nsubj |
| 3 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 rock | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 quantity | det |
| 5 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 containing | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 metal | case |
| 7 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quantity | nmod |
| 8 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 warrant | mark |
| 10 | warrant | warrant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sufficient | xcomp |
| 11 | extraction | extraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 warrant | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | a rock not said here | a quantity of metal | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warrant | to-infinitive | extraction | tree rules |
Option 2
An implement employed by miners
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 implement | det |
| 2 | implement | implement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 implement | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 miners | case |
| 5 | miners | miner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 employed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | participle | a implement not said here | by miners | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A variety of fossil fuel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 variety | det |
| 2 | variety | variety | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fuel | case |
| 4 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fuel | compound |
| 5 | fuel | fuel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 variety | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Any lustrous mineral discovered upon a shore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 mineral | det |
| 2 | lustrous | lustrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mineral | amod |
| 3 | mineral | mineral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mineral | acl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 shore | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shore | det |
| 7 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 discovered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | participle | any lustrous mineral not said here | upon a shore | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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