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title: Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. rig… — Metals, mining and what they cost · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. right? Test 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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# Test 1 · ★★ · Metals, mining and what they cost

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella · **What happens:** reckon, come out · **To what, where:** metals

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Metals, mining and what they cost» 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/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t1:1
# text = Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. right?
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ella | metals |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent metal=Attribute |
| 2 | **come out** | present | Ella *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the ground; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, all metals are dug up pure and shiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, all metals are dug up pure and shiny
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | present · passive |  | all metals |  |  |  | pure *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, metals grow like crystals in shops until they are sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, metals grow like crystals in shops until they are sold
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	sold	sell	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 | **grow** | present | metals |  |  | shops |  | like crystals | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shop=Location |
| 2 | **sell** | present · passive |  | metals *= metal* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, metals are made from wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t1:o3:1
# text = No, metals are made from wood
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | metals |  | wood |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wood=Material |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, most come from ores that must be smelted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t1:o4:1
# text = No, most come from ores that must be smelted
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ores	ore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	smelted	smelt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | most |  |  | ores |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ore=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **smelt** | must · passive |  | ores |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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