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description: Jake: "gold's dead old on that frame but it's still shiny, someone must polish it". What's the truth? Test 4 · ★ 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 wa
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# Test 4 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change

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Jake: "gold's dead old on that frame but it's still shiny, someone must polish it". What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gold, someone, truth · **What happens:** be, polish · **To what, where:** gold

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake: "gold's dead old on that frame but it's still shiny, someone must polish it".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:1
# text = Jake: "gold's dead old on that frame but it's still shiny, someone must polish it".
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	nsubj	_	_
18	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	polish	polish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | gold |  |  |  | still | shiny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **polish** *in a quote* | must | someone | gold |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

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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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Old gold always goes black eventually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:o1:1
# text = Old gold always goes black eventually
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Old gold |  |  |  |  | always, black, eventually *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Gold doesn't tarnish, so it stays bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:o2:1
# text = Gold doesn't tarnish, so it stays bright
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tarnish	tarnish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tarnish** | present · do-support | Gold |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | present | Gold |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The frame is plastic painted gold-coloured

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:o3:1
# text = The frame is plastic painted gold-coloured
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the frame |  |  |  |  | plastic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** |  | the frame *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gold is polished every week by museums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t4:o4:1
# text = Gold is polished every week by museums
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | present · passive | museums | Gold |  |  | week |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |

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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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