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title: A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears. Why? — Tarnish and how metals change · tree and pragmatics
description: A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears. Why? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change

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A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statue · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** shiny nose

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:1
# text = A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a statue of a dog in the park | a shiny nose but dark ears |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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People rub its nose for luck, wiping off the tarnish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:o1:1
# text = People rub its nose for luck, wiping off the tarnish
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rub	rub	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wiping	wipe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tarnish	tarnish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | present | People | its nose |  |  |  | for luck | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |
| 2 | **wipe off** | gerund | People *not said here* | the tarnish |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tarnish=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rain falls only on its ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:o2:1
# text = Rain falls only on its ears
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Rain |  |  | Rain's ears |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ear=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Its nose was made of real gold from the very start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:o3:1
# text = Its nose was made of real gold from the very start
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Its nose |  | the start |  | of real gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from start=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs in the park lick the ears dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t3:o4:1
# text = Dogs in the park lick the ears dark
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	lick	lick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | present | Dogs in the park | the ears |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ear=Source |

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