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title: A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next t… — Gemstones and precious metals · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow". What should be corrected? Test 3 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 eac
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# Test 3 · Gemstones and precious metals

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A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow". What should be corrected?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, pirate, diamonds · **What happens:** show, dig up, grow, correct · **To what, where:** pirate, diamonds, sandy beach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	next	next	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
21	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a pirate |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent pirate=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dig up** | gerund | a pirate *not said here* | diamonds |  | a sandy beach |  | next *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme on beach=Location |
| 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | diamonds |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should be corrected?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:2
# text = What should be corrected?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	corrected	correct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Diamonds form in the clouds and fall as hail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:o1:1
# text = Diamonds form in the clouds and fall as hail
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Diamonds |  |  | the clouds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | present | Diamonds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as hail | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Diamonds grow on trees, not in sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:o2:1
# text = Diamonds grow on trees, not in sand
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Diamonds |  |  | trees |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Diamonds only form inside ice in the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:o3:1
# text = Diamonds only form inside ice in the Arctic
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Diamonds |  |  | ice in the Arctic |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside ice=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Diamonds form about 150 km down and come up in volcanic pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t3:o4:1
# text = Diamonds form about 150 km down and come up in volcanic pipes
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	150	150	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Diamonds | 150 km |  |  |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location km=Theme |
| 2 | **come up** | present | Diamonds *not said here* |  |  | volcanic pipes |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pipe=Location |

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