Test 10 · Gemstones and precious metals

Why is a car's exhaust part one of the places a thief might steal precious metal from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: thief · What happens: be, steal · To what, where: exhaust part, precious metal

This is test 10 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 part	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 part	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 car	case
6	exhaust	exhaust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	compound
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 part	flat
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 places	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 places	det
11	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 one	nmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thief	det
13	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steal	nsubj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 steal	aux
15	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 places	acl:relcl
16	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 metal	amod
17	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 steal	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	15 steal	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a car's exhaust part					tree rules
2	steal	might	a thief	precious metal					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location metal=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It contains platinum, a metal rarer than gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	platinum	platinum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rarer	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 metal	det
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rarer	nsubj
7	rarer	rare	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 contains	conj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rarer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	platinum					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot platinum=Theme

Option 2

It holds a tank of liquid silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tank	det
4	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 silver	case
6	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 silver	amod
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tank	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	a tank of liquid silver					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Theme

Option 3

It is made of solid gold under the paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gold	case
5	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gold	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 paint	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 paint	det
9	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It		the paint		of solid gold	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

It is full of emeralds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 full	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 emeralds	case
5	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of emeralds; full property	tree rules

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