Test 13 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

my brother reckons granite's made from sand stuck together. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother · What happens: reckon, make, stick together · To what, where: granite, sand

This is test 13 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 granite	case
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 granite	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 sand	case
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
9	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sand	acl
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 stuck	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my brother	granite			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent granite=Attribute
2	make	participle		granite not said here	sand		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from sand=Material
3	stick together	participle		sand not said here		together property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

Yes, granite is shells and sand glued by mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shells	compound
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shells	cop
5	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sand	cc
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shells	conj
8	glued	glue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shells	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 mud	case
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 glued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		granite shells and sand					tree rules
2	glue	participle		granite shells and sand not said here				by mud	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, granite is igneous rock formed when magma cooled slowly underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rock	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rock	cop
5	igneous	igneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 formed	nsubj
7	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 cooled	mark
9	magma	magma	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cooled	nsubj
10	cooled	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 formed	advcl
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 cooled	advmod
12	underground	underground	ADV	_	10 cooled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	granite	igneous rock		tree rules
2	form	past	igneous rock			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cool	past	magma		slowly, underground property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

No, granite is limestone changed by heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 limestone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 limestone	compound
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 limestone	cop
5	limestone	limestone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 limestone	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 heat	case
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		granite limestone					tree rules
2	change	participle		granite limestone not said here				by heat	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, granite is sand pressed together under the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 sand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	granite	granite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sand	compound
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sand	cop
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sand	acl
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 pressed	advmod
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		granite sand					tree rules
2	press	participle		granite sand not said here		the sea		together property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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