--- title: Why did the Naica crystals grow so huge? — Minerals and crystals · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Naica crystals grow so huge? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/t9/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Minerals and crystals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Minerals and crystals Why did the Naica crystals grow so huge? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Naica crystals · **What happens:** grow This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 50 «Minerals and crystals» 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/50-minerals-and-crystals/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:t9:1 # text = Why did the Naica crystals grow so huge? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Naica Naica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 crystals crystal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · do-support | the Naica crystals | | | | | huge *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They grew very slowly for a very long time in warm mineral water ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:t9:o1:1 # text = They grew very slowly for a very long time in warm mineral water 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 mineral mineral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | They | | | warm mineral water | time | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Someone glued lots of small crystals together ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:t9:o2:1 # text = Someone glued lots of small crystals together 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 glued glue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 crystals crystal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glue** | past | Someone | lots of small crystals | | | | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were made in a factory and hidden there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:t9:o3:1 # text = They were made in a factory and hidden there 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make 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 _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | They | | a factory | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **hide** | participle | | | | there | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They all grew in a single night after a big earthquake shook the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:50-minerals-and-crystals:t9:o4:1 # text = They all grew in a single night after a big earthquake shook the cave 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | They | | | | night | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shake** | past | a big earthquake | the cave | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cave=Patient | **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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