--- title: Identify the property ranked by the Mohs scale. — Minerals and crystals · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the property ranked by the Mohs scale. Exam question 2 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/e2/) [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/) / [Minerals and crystals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Minerals and crystals Identify the property ranked by the Mohs scale. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, rank · **To what, where:** property This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e2:1 # text = Identify the property ranked by the Mohs scale. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 ranked rank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Mohs Mohs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 scale scale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the property | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent property=Theme | | 2 | **rank** | participle | | the property *not said here* | | | | by the Mohs scale | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | 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} Age, as determined by radioactive decay ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e2:o1:1 # text = Age, as determined by radioactive decay 1 Age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 radioactive radioactive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 decay decay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | Age *not said here* | | | | by radioactive decay | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hardness, as determined by the capacity of one mineral to scratch another ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e2:o2:1 # text = Hardness, as determined by the capacity of one mineral to scratch another 1 Hardness hardness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 capacity capacity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 mineral mineral NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | Hardness *not said here* | | | | by the capacity of one mineral | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **scratch** | to-infinitive | | another | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lustre, as determined by the reflection of light from the surface of the specimen ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e2:o3:1 # text = Lustre, as determined by the reflection of light from the surface of the specimen 1 Lustre lustre NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | Lustre *not said here* | | the surface of the specimen | | by the reflection of light | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Density, as determined by weighing in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e2:o4:1 # text = Density, as determined by weighing in water 1 Density density NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 weighing weigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | participle | | Density *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **weigh** | gerund | | | | water | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | **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. - ← previous: [Minerals and crystals, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/e1/) - next →: [Minerals and crystals, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/e3/) - ↑ back to [Minerals and crystals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/)