Test 3 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

Which is true about fossils?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 fossils	case
5	fossils	fossil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about fossils; true property	tree rules

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

They are remains or traces of living things preserved in rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 remains	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remains	cop
3	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 traces	cc
5	traces	trace	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remains	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 things	case
7	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 traces	nmod
9	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 things	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 rock	case
11	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	remains or traces of living things					tree rules
2	preserve	participle		living things not said here		rock			vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are bones that have stayed exactly as they were

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bones	cop
3	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stayed	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stayed	aux
6	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 bones	acl:relcl
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 stayed	advmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 they	case
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stayed	obl
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bones	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	bones					tree rules
2	stay	present · perfect	bones					as bones = bone; exactly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They form only in ice and never in rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 form	nsubj
2	form	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 ice	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 ice	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rock	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 rock	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 rock	case
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	They			ice and rock			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ice=Location

Option 4

They are stones that look like animals by chance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stones	cop
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stones	acl:relcl
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 animals	case
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 chance	case
9	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	stones					tree rules
2	look	present	stones					like animals; by chance	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by chance=Theme

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