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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Metals, mining and what they cost · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the environmental consequences of mining. Exam question 3 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 eac
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# Exam question 3 · Metals, mining and what they cost

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the environmental consequences of mining.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, environmental consequences

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the environmental consequences of mining.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	environmental	environmental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the environmental consequences of mining |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consequence=Experiencer |

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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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Mining increases the fertility of adjacent soils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e3:o1:1
# text = Mining increases the fertility of adjacent soils
1	Mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fertility	fertility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	soils	soil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | Mining | the fertility of adjacent soils |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fertility=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mining produces no waste rock whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e3:o2:1
# text = Mining produces no waste rock whatsoever
1	Mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | Mining | no waste rock |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rivers are invariably purified by mining activity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e3:o3:1
# text = Rivers are invariably purified by mining activity
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	purified	purify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purify** | present · passive | mining activity | Rivers |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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

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Rivers may be contaminated with acid and toxic metals such as mercury and arsenic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:e3:o4:1
# text = Rivers may be contaminated with acid and toxic metals such as mercury and arsenic
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	contaminated	contaminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	acid	acid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	toxic	toxic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	mercury	mercury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	arsenic	arsenic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contaminate** | may · passive |  | Rivers |  |  |  | with acid metals such mercury and arsenic | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with metal=Theme |

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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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