Test 11 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

wait so how come marble's all smooth and swirly, what's it made from

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, make · To what, where: come marble

This is test 11 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marble	amod
5	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 so	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 marble	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 smooth	det
8	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marble	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 swirly	cc
10	swirly	swirly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smooth	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 made	nsubj:pass
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 made	aux:pass
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	nsubj:pass
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 marble	acl
16	from	from	ADP	_	15 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present · passive		come marble					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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

Sand and mud pressed together under a lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 mud	cc
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sand	conj
4	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Sand	acl
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 pressed	advmod
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	participle		Sand and mud not said here		a lake		together property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Lava that cooled very slowly inside a volcano

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 cooled	nsubj
3	cooled	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Lava	acl:relcl
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 cooled	advmod
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 volcano	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 volcano	det
8	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cooled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	past	Lava			a volcano		slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Limestone changed by great heat and pressure underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Limestone	limestone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 heat	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 heat	amod
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pressure	cc
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heat	conj
8	underground	underground	ADV	_	2 changed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle	Limestone					by great heat and pressure; underground property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Hard clay baked in the sun for many years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clay	amod
2	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 clay	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baked	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 baked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	participle		Hard clay not said here			year	in the sun	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in sun=Instrument

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