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title: Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to inve… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to invent anything". What's true? Test 9 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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 wron
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# Test 9 · Famous discoveries told as stories

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Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to invent anything". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, nobody · **What happens:** be, have, invent · **To what, where:** anything

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This is test 9 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to invent anything".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:1
# text = Your mate: "rubber's always been bouncy and fine, nobody had to invent anything".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	bouncy	bouncy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	invent	invent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | Your mate |  |  |  |  | always, bouncy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | Your mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **invent** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Result |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rubber came from oil, so no change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:o1:1
# text = Rubber came from oil, so no change
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rubber | no change |  | oil |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from oil=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Before Goodyear rubber went sticky or cracked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:o2:1
# text = Before Goodyear rubber went sticky or cracked
1	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Goodyear	goodyear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Goodyear rubber |  |  |  |  | sticky *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** | participle | Goodyear rubber *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rubber has never changed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:o3:1
# text = Rubber has never changed at all
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present · perfect | Rubber |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rubber was invented in a factory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t9:o4:1
# text = Rubber was invented in a factory
1	Rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Rubber |  | a factory |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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