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title: Why are lithium mines so important today? — Resources and what countries trade · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are lithium mines so important today? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

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Why are lithium mines so important today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lithium mines

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t9:1
# text = Why are lithium mines so important today?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	lithium	lithium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | lithium mines |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lithium is the main fuel of ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t9:o1:1
# text = Lithium is the main fuel of ships
1	Lithium	lithium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Batteries for phones and electric cars need lithium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t9:o2:1
# text = Batteries for phones and electric cars need lithium
1	Batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	lithium	lithium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Batteries for phones and electric cars | lithium |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lithium=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lithium is used to make bread rise in factory bakeries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t9:o3:1
# text = Lithium is used to make bread rise in factory bakeries
1	Lithium	lithium	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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bakeries	bakery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Lithium |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rise** | infinitive |  |  |  | factory bakeries |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bakery=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lithium mines produce clean water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t9:o4:1
# text = Lithium mines produce clean water
1	Lithium	lithium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	produce	produce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | Lithium mines | clean water |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Result |

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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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