Test 1 · ★★ · Metals, mining and what they cost

Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: reckon, come out · To what, where: metals

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Metals, mining and what they cost» 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	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reckons	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	advcl
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 come	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ready	cc
12	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shiny	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ella	metals					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent metal=Attribute
2	come out	present	Ella not said here					of the ground; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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

Yes, all metals are dug up pure and shiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 dug	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 metals	det
4	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dug	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dug	aux:pass
6	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 dug	compound:prt
8	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dug	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shiny	cc
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	present · passive		all metals				pure property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, metals grow like crystals in shops until they are sold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 grow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 crystals	case
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 shops	case
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 sold	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sold	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sold	aux:pass
12	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	metals			shops		like crystals	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shop=Location
2	sell	present · passive		metals = metal					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

No, metals are made from wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 wood	case
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		metals		wood			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wood=Material

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, most come from ores that must be smelted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 ores	case
6	ores	ore	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 smelted	obj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 smelted	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 smelted	aux:pass
10	smelted	smelt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ores	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	most			ores			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ore=Initial_Location
2	smelt	must · passive		ores					tree rules

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