--- title: A pebble of basalt is ground into sand by waves. Which family could… — Igneous rocks and the rock cycle · tree and pragmatics description: A pebble of basalt is ground into sand by waves. Which family could that sand become part of next? Test 10 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 option; Mova's choice was w --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle A pebble of basalt is ground into sand by waves. Which family could that sand become part of next? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pebble, family · **What happens:** be, become · **To what, where:** ground, sand, part This is test 10 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A pebble of basalt is ground into sand by waves. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:1 # text = A pebble of basalt is ground into sand by waves. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 basalt basalt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a pebble of basalt | ground | | sand by waves | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which family could that sand become part of next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:2 # text = Which family could that sand become part of next? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | could | which family | part of next | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Igneous rock straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:o1:1 # text = Igneous rock straight away 1 Igneous igneous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sedimentary rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:o2:1 # text = Sedimentary rock 1 Sedimentary sedimentary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No rock ever again ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:o3:1 # text = No rock ever again 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Metal ore ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t10:o4:1 # text = Metal ore 1 Metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 ore ore 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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