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title: Why is a car's exhaust part one of the places a thief might steal pr… — Gemstones and precious metals · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a car's exhaust part one of the places a thief might steal precious metal from? Test 10 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 was right.
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# Test 10 · Gemstones and precious metals

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Why is a car's exhaust part one of the places a thief might steal precious metal from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** thief · **What happens:** be, steal · **To what, where:** exhaust part, precious metal

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This is test 10 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t10:1
# text = Why is a car's exhaust part one of the places a thief might steal precious metal from?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	exhaust	exhaust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a car's exhaust part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | might | a thief | precious metal |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location metal=Theme |

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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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It contains platinum, a metal rarer than gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t10:o1:1
# text = It contains platinum, a metal rarer than gold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	platinum	platinum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rarer	rare	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | platinum |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot platinum=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It holds a tank of liquid silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t10:o2:1
# text = It holds a tank of liquid silver
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | It | a tank of liquid silver |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is made of solid gold under the paint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t10:o3:1
# text = It is made of solid gold under the paint
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | It |  | the paint |  | of solid gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is full of emeralds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t10:o4:1
# text = It is full of emeralds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of emeralds; full *property* | tree rules |

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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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