Test 9 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

Where does the sand in sandstone come from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: come

This is test 9 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sandstone	case
6	sandstone	sandstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	7 come	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · do-support							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Dust that falls to Earth from outer space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dust	acl:relcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 space	case
7	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 space	amod
8	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	Dust		Earth	outer space			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial_Location from space=Destination

Option 2

Salt left behind when old seas dried up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Salt	acl
3	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 left	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 dried	advmod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seas	amod
6	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dried	nsubj:pass
7	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 left	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 dried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave behind	participle		Salt not said here				behind property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dry up	participle · passive		old seas					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 3

Ash thrown out by volcanoes and nothing else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ash	ash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 volcanoes	amod
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 thrown	compound:prt
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 volcanoes	case
5	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ash	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 nothing	cc
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 volcanoes	conj
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ash	imperative	you not said here	thrown volcanoes					tree rules
2	throw out	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Older rocks broken down by weathering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 rocks	amod
2	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rocks	acl
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 broken	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 weathering	case
6	weathering	weathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	participle		Older rocks not said here				by weathering	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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