--- title: It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak up… — Minerals and crystals · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile. Ascertain its most probable identity. Exam question 3 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 op --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Minerals and crystals It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile. Ascertain its most probable identity. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yellow metallic specimen, you · **What happens:** give, leave, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, black streak, unglazed tile, probable identity This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:1 # text = It is given that a yellow metallic specimen leaves a black streak upon an unglazed tile. 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 metallic metallic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 unglazed unglazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tile tile NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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 | **leave** | present | a yellow metallic specimen | a black streak | | a unglazed tile | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent streak=Theme upon tile=Location | 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 its most probable identity. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:2 # text = Ascertain its most probable identity. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | tile's probable identity | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Pyrite ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:o1:1 # text = Pyrite 1 Pyrite pyrite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} White talc ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:o2:1 # text = White talc 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talc talc NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Halite salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:o3:1 # text = Halite salt 1 Halite Halite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Pure gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:e3:o4:1 # text = Pure gold 1 Pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gold gold 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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