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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an ore? Exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Metals, mining and what they cost» 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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# Exam question 1 · Metals, mining and what they cost

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an ore?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** ore

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Metals, mining and what they cost» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an ore?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ore	ore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a ore |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A rock containing a quantity of metal sufficient to warrant extraction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e1:o1:1
# text = A rock containing a quantity of metal sufficient to warrant extraction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	warrant	warrant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	extraction	extraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | gerund | a rock *not said here* | a quantity of metal |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Theme |
| 2 | **warrant** | to-infinitive |  | extraction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An implement employed by miners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e1:o2:1
# text = An implement employed by miners
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	miners	miner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a implement *not said here* |  |  |  | by miners | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A variety of fossil fuel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e1:o3:1
# text = A variety of fossil fuel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any lustrous mineral discovered upon a shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e1:o4:1
# text = Any lustrous mineral discovered upon a shore
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	lustrous	lustrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | participle |  | any lustrous mineral *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a shore | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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