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title: Pursuant to the tracking of so-termed "conflict diamonds", identify… — Gemstones and precious metals · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the tracking of so-termed "conflict diamonds", identify the purpose of such tracking. Exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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 w
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# Exam question 4 · Gemstones and precious metals

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Pursuant to the tracking of so-termed "conflict diamonds", identify the purpose of such tracking.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tracking, you, such tracking · **What happens:** term, identify, purpose · **To what, where:** conflict diamonds, purpose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the tracking of so-termed "conflict diamonds", identify the purpose of such tracking.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tracking	tracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	termed	term	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tracking	tracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | participle | the tracking *not said here* | conflict diamonds |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of such tracking |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | such tracking |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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To record the weight of each gem for taxation only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:e4:o1:1
# text = To record the weight of each gem for taxation only
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	record	record	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | to-infinitive |  | the weight of each gem |  |  |  | for taxation | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To ascertain the colour of each gem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:e4:o2:1
# text = To ascertain the colour of each gem
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  | the colour of each gem |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Topic |

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

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To demonstrate that gems have not financed armed conflict

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:e4:o3:1
# text = To demonstrate that gems have not financed armed conflict
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	financed	finance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **finance** | present · perfect · passive |  | gems |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To certify the hardness of each gem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:e4:o4:1
# text = To certify the hardness of each gem
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	certify	certify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hardness	hardness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **certify** | to-infinitive |  | the hardness of each gem |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hardness=Theme |

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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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