--- title: A diamond is thrown into a very hot furnace. What could happen? — Elements and the famous members of the… · tree and pragmatics description: A diamond is thrown into a very hot furnace. What could happen? Test 7 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 option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Elements and the famous members of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/) / t7 # Test 7 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table A diamond is thrown into a very hot furnace. What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** throw, happen · **To what, where:** diamond, hot furnace This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A diamond is thrown into a very hot furnace. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:1 # text = A diamond is thrown into a very hot furnace. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present · passive | | a diamond | | | | into a hot furnace *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into furnace=Result | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing at all, because diamonds can never change in any way ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all, because diamonds can never change in any way 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | can | diamonds | | | any way | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It can burn, because it is just carbon like coal ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:o2:1 # text = It can burn, because it is just carbon like coal 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 carbon carbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | can | It | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | carbon | | | | like coal | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would melt into glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:o3:1 # text = It would melt into glass 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | would | It | | | glass | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into glass=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would turn into gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:2-elements-and-the-periodic-table:t7:o4:1 # text = It would turn into gold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | gold | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into gold=Trajectory | **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. 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