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description: Identify the type of rock in which fossils are most commonly found, together with the reason therefor. Exam question 2 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 2 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

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Identify the type of rock in which fossils are most commonly found, together with the reason therefor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fossils · **What happens:** identify, be, type · **To what, where:** type, commonly found, rock

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» of the world 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/world/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:e2:1
# text = Identify the type of rock in which fossils are most commonly found, together with the reason therefor.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	fossils	fossil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
11	commonly	commonly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	found	found	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	therefor	therefor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the type of rock |  |  |  | with the reason therefor; together *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent type=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | which fossils | commonly found |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **type** |  |  | rock |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sedimentary rock, since living things are buried in mud and sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:e2:o1:1
# text = Sedimentary rock, since living things are buried in mud and sand
1	Sedimentary	sedimentary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | present · passive | Sedimentary rock *not said here* | living things |  | mud and sand |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in mud=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Metamorphic rock, since great heat and pressure keep the remains safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:e2:o2:1
# text = Metamorphic rock, since great heat and pressure keep the remains safe
1	Metamorphic	metamorphic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obj	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Metamorphic rock and great heat and pressure | the remains |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remains=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Igneous rock, since it forms beneath the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:e2:o3:1
# text = Igneous rock, since it forms beneath the sea
1	Igneous	igneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Igneous rock |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath sea=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Igneous rock, since lava preserves living things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:e2:o4:1
# text = Igneous rock, since lava preserves living things
1	Igneous	igneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	preserves	preserve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | lava preserves *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location |

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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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