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title: "electric cars r totally clean, no mining at all" — Max. What would… — Metals, mining and what they cost · tree and pragmatics
description: "electric cars r totally clean, no mining at all" — Max. What would you add? Test 4 · ★★ 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 4 · ★★ · Metals, mining and what they cost

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"electric cars r totally clean, no mining at all" — Max. What would you add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** electric cars, you · **What happens:** be, add

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "electric cars r totally clean, no mining at all" — Max.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:1
# text = "electric cars r totally clean, no mining at all" — Max.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | electric cars |  |  |  |  | Max *vocative*; clean, totally *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:2
# text = What would you add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, no metals are needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, no metals are needed
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Electric cars are made of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:o2:1
# text = Electric cars are made of wood
1	Electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Electric cars |  |  |  | of wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They need mined metals like lithium and cobalt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:o3:1
# text = They need mined metals like lithium and cobalt
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mined	mine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lithium	lithium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | They | mined metals |  |  |  | like lithium and cobalt | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot metal=Theme |
| 2 | **mine** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Electric cars run on coal only, burnt in the boot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t4:o4:1
# text = Electric cars run on coal only, burnt in the boot
1	Electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Electric cars |  |  | coal |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coal=Trajectory |
| 2 | **burnt** | participle |  |  |  | the boot |  |  | tree rules |

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