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description: It is given that one soil drains rapidly whilst another retains water and drains slowly. Determine the respective designations of these soils. Exam question 3 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Soil and what lives in it

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It is given that one soil drains rapidly whilst another retains water and drains slowly. Determine the respective designations of these soils.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one soil, another, you · **What happens:** give, drain, retain, determine, designate · **To what, where:** It, water, respective designations, soils

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» 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/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that one soil drains rapidly whilst another retains water and drains slowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:1
# text = It is given that one soil drains rapidly whilst another retains water and drains slowly.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drains	drain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	drains	drain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **drain** | present | one soil |  |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **retain** | present | another | water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **drain** | present | another *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

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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:* Determine the respective designations of these soils.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:2
# text = Determine the respective designations of these soils.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	respective	respective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	designations	designation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	soils	soil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the respective designations of this soils |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent designation=Topic |
| 2 | **designate** |  |  | this soils |  |  |  |  | nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Subsoil and topsoil respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:o1:1
# text = Subsoil and topsoil respectively
1	Subsoil	subsoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	topsoil	topsoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clay soil and sandy soil respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:o2:1
# text = Clay soil and sandy soil respectively
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Sandy soil and clay soil respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:o3:1
# text = Sandy soil and clay soil respectively
1	Sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Loam and subsoil respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:e3:o4:1
# text = Loam and subsoil respectively
1	Loam	loam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	subsoil	subsoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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