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title: An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck af… — Gemstones and precious metals · tree and pragmatics
description: An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years. What will they probably look like? Test 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
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# Test 4 · Gemstones and precious metals

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An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years. What will they probably look like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coin · **What happens:** pull, look · **To what, where:** old gold coin, shipwreck

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:1
# text = An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shipwreck	shipwreck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present · passive |  | a old gold coin and a old iron nail |  | a shipwreck | year |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from shipwreck=Initial\_Location |

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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 will they probably look like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:2
# text = What will they probably look like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | future | coin |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Both shine like new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:o1:1
# text = Both shine like new
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	shine	shine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The coin still shines, the nail is badly rusted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:o2:1
# text = The coin still shines, the nail is badly rusted
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shines	shine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | the coin |  |  |  | still |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rust** | present · passive |  | the nail |  |  |  | badly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The coin is rusted, the nail shines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:o3:1
# text = The coin is rusted, the nail shines
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	shines	shine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | present · passive |  | the coin |  |  |  | the nail shines *obl* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are badly rusted and fall apart in your hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:51-gemstones-and-precious-metals:t4:o4:1
# text = Both are badly rusted and fall apart in your hand
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  | badly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall apart** | infinitive |  |  |  | your hand |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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