Test 10 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

found a shell shape in a rock on the beach, how'd it even get in there

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: shape · What happens: find, get in · To what, where: shell shape, rock

This is test 10 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» of the world course of Mova's primary school. 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	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shape	det
3	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shape	compound
4	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 found	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rock	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rock	det
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 found	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 found	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 get	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 get	advmod
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 get	aux
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 get	nsubj
15	even	even	ADV	_	16 get	advmod
16	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 found	conj
17	in	in	ADV	_	16 get	advmod
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past		a shell shape		a rock		on the beach	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Topic
2	get in	would	shape			there			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

Someone carved it there to look like a real shell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 carved	nsubj
2	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carved	obj
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 carved	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 carved	advcl
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 shell	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shell	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shell	amod
10	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past	Someone	it		there			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	Someone not said here					like a real shell	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Sea water melted the rock and the shell sank into it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	compound
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melted	nsubj
3	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rock	det
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sank	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shell	det
8	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sank	nsubj
9	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 melted	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	past	Sea water	the rock					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient rock=Result
2	sink	past	the shell			water			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The rock grew around the shell while the animal inside was still alive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rock	det
2	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 shell	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shell	det
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 alive	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 alive	nsubj
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	9 animal	advmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 alive	cop
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 alive	advmod
13	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the rock			the shell			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around shell=Location
2	is	past	the animal				still	alive property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The shell was buried in mud long ago and slowly turned to stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 mud	case
6	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obl
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 buried	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 turned	cc
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 turned	advmod
11	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 buried	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 stone	case
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past · passive		the shell		mud		ago property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in mud=Destination
2	turn	participle				stone		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory

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