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title: Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously… — Elements and the famous members of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously." What is the real reason for Fe? Test 1 of lesson 2 «Elements and the famous members of the periodic table» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 1 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table

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Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously." What is the real reason for Fe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Fe, real reason · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 2 «Elements and the famous members of the periodic table» 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/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:1
# text = Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Fe	fe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Fe	Fe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Fe on that poster |  |  |  |  | for Fe iron; obviously, short *property* | tree rules |

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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 is the real reason for Fe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:2
# text = What is the real reason for Fe?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Fe	Fe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 real reason for Fe |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It stands for "fixed element"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:o1:1
# text = It stands for "fixed element"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for fixed element | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for element=Attribute |
| 2 | **fix** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is short for "feather metal", because iron is so light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:o2:1
# text = It is short for "feather metal", because iron is so light
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for feather metal; short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | iron |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It comes from the old Latin name for iron, ferrum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:o3:1
# text = It comes from the old Latin name for iron, ferrum
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ferrum	ferrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | It |  |  | the old Latin name for iron and ferrum |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from name=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Iron was first found by a scientist called Fe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t1:o4:1
# text = Iron was first found by a scientist called Fe
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	Fe	Fe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive | a scientist | Iron |  |  |  | first *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a scientist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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