--- title: Ancient Greeks wanted bronze but had copper and no tin. What would t… — Metals, mining and what they cost · tree and pragmatics description: Ancient Greeks wanted bronze but had copper and no tin. What would they need to do? 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What would they need to do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ancient Greeks, Greeks · **What happens:** want, have, need, do · **To what, where:** bronze, copper This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ancient Greeks wanted bronze but had copper and no tin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:1 # text = Ancient Greeks wanted bronze but had copper and no tin. 1 Ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Greeks Greek PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Ancient Greeks | bronze | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bronze=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Ancient Greeks *not said here* | copper and no tin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would they need to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:2 # text = What would they need to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | would | Greeks *= greek* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Greeks *= greek* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Melt sand into tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:o1:1 # text = Melt sand into tin 1 Melt melt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | imperative | you *not said here* | sand | | tin | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent sand=Material into tin=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Trade for tin from places like Cornwall ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:o2:1 # text = Trade for tin from places like Cornwall 1 Trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Cornwall Cornwall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Just use copper on its own and call it bronze anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:o3:1 # text = Just use copper on its own and call it bronze anyway 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 bronze bronze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | copper | | copper's own | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Patient | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | copper | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bronze** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Use salt instead of tin ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t2:o4:1 # text = Use salt instead of tin 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | salt | | | | instead tin | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient | **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. 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