Test 2 · Rocks, minerals and fossils
A rock with no visible crystals and many small holes is found near a volcano. How did it most likely form?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: find, do · To what, where: rock, volcano
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: A rock with no visible crystals and many small holes is found near a volcano.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rock | det |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 crystals | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 crystals | det |
| 5 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 crystals | amod |
| 6 | crystals | crystal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rock | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 holes | cc |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 holes | amod |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 holes | amod |
| 10 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 crystals | conj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 found | aux:pass |
| 12 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 volcano | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 volcano | det |
| 15 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 found | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | a rock with no visible crystals and many small holes | a volcano | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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.
Sentence 2: How did it most likely form?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | rock | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Limestone was heated deep underground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limestone | limestone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heated | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 heated | aux:pass |
| 3 | heated | heat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 5 underground | advmod |
| 5 | underground | underground | ADV | _ | 3 heated | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat | past · passive | Limestone | underground property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lava full of gas cooled quickly on the surface
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Lava | amod |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 gas | case |
| 4 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 full | obl |
| 5 | cooled | cool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Lava | acl |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 cooled | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | 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 | cool | participle | Lava not said here | the surface | quickly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Shells were pressed together on the sea floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pressed | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pressed | aux:pass |
| 3 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 pressed | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 floor | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 floor | compound |
| 8 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | past · passive | Shells | the sea floor | together property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Mud dried slowly at the bottom of a lake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dried | nsubj |
| 2 | dried | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 dried | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 bottom | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bottom | det |
| 6 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dried | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 lake | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lake | det |
| 9 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bottom | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dry | past | Mud | the bottom of a lake | slowly property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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