Test 9 · ★★ · Metals, mining and what they cost

shop sells "ethical" phones — why might people check where the cobalt came from?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: shop, people, cobalt · What happens: sell, check, come · To what, where: ethical phones

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ethical	punct
4	ethical	ethical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 phones	amod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ethical	punct
6	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sells	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 check	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 check	advmod
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 check	aux
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 check	nsubj
11	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 came	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cobalt	det
14	cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 check	ccomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	15 came	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	present	shop	ethical phones	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme
2	check	might	people		tree rules
3	come	past	the cobalt		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Cobalt is only used in toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 toys	case
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Cobalt		toys			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Cobalt makes phones too heavy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cobalt	phones				heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset phone=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some cobalt comes from mines where children have been found working

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 cobalt	det
2	cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 mines	case
5	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comes	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 found	advmod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 found	nsubj:pass
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 found	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mines	acl:relcl
11	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 found	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	come	present	some cobalt		mines	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mine=Initial_Location
2	find	present · perfect · passive		children		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	work	gerund	children not said here			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cobalt from some places is fake and makes the phones break after a month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fake	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 places	case
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 places	det
4	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cobalt	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fake	cop
6	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 makes	cc
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fake	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 phones	det
10	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 break	nsubj
11	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 makes	ccomp
12	after	after	ADP	_	14 month	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 month	det
14	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cobalt from some places		fake property	tree rules
2	make	present	Cobalt from some places not said here			tree rules
3	break	present	the phones	month		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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