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title: oil's in Saudi but not in my back garden, why's that — Resources and what countries trade · tree and pragmatics
description: oil's in Saudi but not in my back garden, why's that Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» of the geography 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 5 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
oil's in Saudi but not in my back garden, why's that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» of the geography 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/geography/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t5:1
# text = oil's in Saudi but not in my back garden, why's that
1	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Saudi	Saudi	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	'	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Oil only forms in hot countries today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t5:o1:1
# text = Oil only forms in hot countries today
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Oil |  |  | hot countries | today |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kings decided where to put the oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t5:o2:1
# text = Kings decided where to put the oil
1	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | Kings |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kings *not said here* | the oil |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent oil=Goal |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oil formed from ancient sea life under special rocks in some places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t5:o3:1
# text = Oil formed from ancient sea life under special rocks in some places
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | participle | Oil |  |  | ancient sea life |  | under special rocks in some places | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under rock=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oil is spread evenly but hidden deeper in Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t5:o4:1
# text = Oil is spread evenly but hidden deeper in Britain
1	Oil	oil	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	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	evenly	evenly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present · passive |  | Oil |  |  |  | evenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | Britain |  | deep *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in britain=Location |

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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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