--- title: It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. Asce… — Igneous rocks and the rock cycle · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen. Exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Igneous rocks and the rock cycle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** specimen, you · **What happens:** give, float, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, water, probable identity This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:1 # text = It is given that a specimen of volcanic rock floats upon water. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **float** | present | a specimen of volcanic rock | | | water | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon water=Trajectory | 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:* Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the most probable identity of the specimen. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 probable probable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable identity of the specimen | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Obsidian ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:o1:1 # text = Obsidian 1 Obsidian Obsidian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Pumice ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:o2:1 # text = Pumice 1 Pumice pumice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dense basalt ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:o3:1 # text = Dense basalt 1 Dense dense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 basalt basalt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Granite ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:e4:o4:1 # text = Granite 1 Granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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