Exam question 3 · Metals, mining and what they cost

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the environmental consequences of mining.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, environmental consequences

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consequences	det
13	environmental	environmental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 consequences	amod
14	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 mining	case
16	mining	mining	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consequences	nmod
17	.	.	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	the environmental consequences of mining		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consequence=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

Mining increases the fertility of adjacent soils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mining	mining	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fertility	det
4	fertility	fertility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 soils	case
6	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 soils	amod
7	soils	soil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fertility	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	Mining	the fertility of adjacent soils					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fertility=Patient

Option 2

Mining produces no waste rock whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mining	mining	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 rock	det
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rock	compound
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produces	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 produces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	Mining	no waste rock				whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Result

Option 3

Rivers are invariably purified by mining activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purified	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 purified	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 purified	advmod
4	purified	purify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 activity	case
6	mining	mining	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 activity	compound
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purify	present · passive	mining activity	Rivers				invariably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rivers may be contaminated with acid and toxic metals such as mercury and arsenic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contaminated	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 contaminated	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 contaminated	aux:pass
4	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 metals	case
6	acid	acid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 metals	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 toxic	cc
8	toxic	toxic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 acid	conj
9	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contaminated	obl
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 mercury	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	mercury	mercury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 metals	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 arsenic	cc
14	arsenic	arsenic	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mercury	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contaminate	may · passive		Rivers				with acid metals such mercury and arsenic	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with metal=Theme

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