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title: Why are you more likely to find a fossil fish in shale than in grani… — Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are you more likely to find a fossil fish in shale than in granite? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

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Why are you more likely to find a fossil fish in shale than in granite?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, find · **To what, where:** fossil fish, shale

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 49 «Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks» 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/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t9:1
# text = Why are you more likely to find a fossil fish in shale than in granite?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shale	shale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a fossil fish |  | shale |  | than granite | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Shale formed from mud that buried living things; granite from melted rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t9:o1:1
# text = Shale formed from mud that buried living things; granite from melted rock
1	Shale	shale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | participle |  | Shale and granite from melted rock *not said here* |  | mud |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | past | mud |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | mud *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location |
| 4 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fish only lived on top of granite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t9:o2:1
# text = Fish only lived on top of granite
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Fish |  |  | top of granite |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shale is older than every other rock on Earth, so it has the most fossils

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t9:o3:1
# text = Shale is older than every other rock on Earth, so it has the most fossils
1	Shale	shale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	fossils	fossil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shale |  |  |  |  | than every other rock on Earth; old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Shale | the most fossils |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fossil=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Granite fossils are too small to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks:t9:o4:1
# text = Granite fossils are too small to see
1	Granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fossils	fossil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Granite fossils |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Granite fossils *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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