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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mineral? Exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Minerals and crystals

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mineral?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** mineral

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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/50-minerals-and-crystals/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mineral?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a mineral |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A manufactured solid of variable composition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e1:o1:1
# text = A manufactured solid of variable composition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	variable	variable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A naturally occurring liquid of fixed chemical composition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e1:o2:1
# text = A naturally occurring liquid of fixed chemical composition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	naturally	naturally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | naturally *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any solid substance extracted from the ground irrespective of composition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e1:o3:1
# text = Any solid substance extracted from the ground irrespective of composition
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	extracted	extract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extract** | participle |  | any solid substance *not said here* |  | the ground |  | of composition; irrespective *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from ground=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A naturally occurring solid of fixed chemical composition with an ordered atomic structure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e1:o4:1
# text = A naturally occurring solid of fixed chemical composition with an ordered atomic structure
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	naturally	naturally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	ordered	ordered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	atomic	atomic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a ordered atomic structure; naturally, solid *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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