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title: Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?" What's th… — Coal, oil and gas · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?" What's the answer? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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 5 · ★ · Coal, oil and gas

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Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?" What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, Jack, answer · **What happens:** not make, run out, be · **To what, where:** more coal

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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/59-coal-oil-and-gas/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:1
# text = Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?"
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | can | we | more coal |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Product |
| 2 | **run out** *in a quote* | present | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:2
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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We can, in a week in any bog in Ireland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:o1:1
# text = We can, in a week in any bog in Ireland
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Coal is made only on the Moon, far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:o2:1
# text = Coal is made only on the Moon, far away
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It takes millions of years to form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:o3:1
# text = It takes millions of years to form
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It | millions of years |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |
| 2 | **form** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's against the law to make coal at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:t5:o4:1
# text = It's against the law to make coal at home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | against the law | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | coal |  | home |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset coal=Product |

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