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description: A geologist finds a rock of rounded pebbles stuck together. What does the roundness tell her? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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 ri
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# Test 4 · ★ · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

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A geologist finds a rock of rounded pebbles stuck together. What does the roundness tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** geologist, roundness · **What happens:** find, round, stick together, tell · **To what, where:** rock, rounded pebbles, geologist · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A geologist finds a rock of rounded pebbles stuck together.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:1
# text = A geologist finds a rock of rounded pebbles stuck together.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	geologist	geologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	rounded	round	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a geologist | a rock of rounded pebbles |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Topic |
| 2 | **round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stick together** | participle |  | rounded pebbles *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the roundness tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:2
# text = What does the roundness tell her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roundness	roundness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the roundness |  | geologist |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They were melted in a volcano and dripped into round blobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:o1:1
# text = They were melted in a volcano and dripped into round blobs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dripped	drip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	blobs	blob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past · passive |  | They |  | a volcano |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **drip** | past |  |  |  | round blobs |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into blob=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They grew as crystals in a cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:o2:1
# text = They grew as crystals in a cave
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | They |  |  | a cave |  | as crystals | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The pebbles were rolled by water, like in a river or on a beach

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:o3:1
# text = The pebbles were rolled by water, like in a river or on a beach
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past · passive | water | the pebbles |  |  |  | like a river or a beach | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They fell from space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t4:o4:1
# text = They fell from space
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | They |  |  | space |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from space=Initial\_Location |

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