Exam question 4 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of marble.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» of the world 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	13 origin	det
13	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 marble	case
15	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 origin	nmod
16	.	.	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 origin of marble		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=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 · ✓ the right answer

It is limestone altered by great heat and pressure

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	3 limestone	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 limestone	cop
3	limestone	limestone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 limestone	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heat	amod
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 altered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pressure	cc
9	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	limestone					tree rules
2	alter	participle		limestone not said here				by great heat and pressure	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is sand compressed beneath a river

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	3 sand	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sand	cop
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sand	acl
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 compressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	sand					tree rules
2	compress	participle		sand not said here				beneath a river	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It is formed from ancient swamp plants

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	3 formed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 plants	case
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plants	amod
6	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plants	compound
7	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present · passive		It		ancient swamp plants			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from plant=Material

Option 4

It is lava which cooled rapidly upon the surface

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	3 lava	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lava	cop
3	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 cooled	nsubj
5	cooled	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lava	acl:relcl
6	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	5 cooled	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 surface	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 surface	det
9	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cooled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	lava					tree rules
2	cool	past	lava					upon the surface; rapidly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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