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title: lol my cousin says sapphires r just blue rubies basically. is she wr… — Gemstones and precious metals · tree and pragmatics
description: lol my cousin says sapphires r just blue rubies basically. is she wrong Test 2 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · Gemstones and precious metals

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lol my cousin says sapphires r just blue rubies basically. is she wrong

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t2:1
# text = lol my cousin says sapphires r just blue rubies basically. is she wrong
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	sapphires	sapphire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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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Totally wrong, they're nothing alike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t2:o1:1
# text = Totally wrong, they're nothing alike
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	parataxis	_	_
7	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Totally wrong, sapphire is a kind of diamond, ruby isn't

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t2:o2:1
# text = Totally wrong, sapphire is a kind of diamond, ruby isn't
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sapphire	sapphire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ruby	ruby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | sapphire  wrong | a kind and ruby |  |  |  | of diamond | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Totally wrong, sapphire is coloured glass, not a gem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t2:o3:1
# text = Totally wrong, sapphire is coloured glass, not a gem
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sapphire	sapphire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | sapphire  wrong | coloured glass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She's about right: both are corundum, ruby is the red kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t2:o4:1
# text = She's about right: both are corundum, ruby is the red kind
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	corundum	corundum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	ruby	ruby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | about, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | both corundum and the red kind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | ruby | the red kind |  |  |  |  | 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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