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title: A game shows a happy cartoon mine where workers in Potosí sing on pa… — Metals, mining and what they cost · tree and pragmatics
description: A game shows a happy cartoon mine where workers in Potosí sing on payday. What is the true history? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Metals, mining and what they cost

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A game shows a happy cartoon mine where workers in Potosí sing on payday. What is the true history?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** game, workers, true history · **What happens:** show, sing, be · **To what, where:** happy cartoon, payday

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A game shows a happy cartoon mine where workers in Potosí sing on payday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:1
# text = A game shows a happy cartoon mine where workers in Potosí sing on payday.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Potosí	Potosí	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	payday	payday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a game | a happy cartoon |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cartoon=Recipient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* |  | workers in Potosí |  |  | payday |  |  | 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 is the true history?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:2
# text = What is the true history?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the true history |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Machines did all the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:o1:1
# text = Machines did all the work
1	Machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Machines | all work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Indigenous people were forced to mine silver and many died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:o2:1
# text = Indigenous people were forced to mine silver and many died
1	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	mine	mine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | past · passive |  | Indigenous people |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mine** | to-infinitive | Indigenous people *not said here* | silver |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | past | many |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were well-paid volunteers who came from all over the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:o3:1
# text = They were well-paid volunteers who came from all over the world
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | They | paid volunteers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | paid volunteers |  |  | the world |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from world=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No one ever worked there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost:t6:o4:1
# text = No one ever worked there
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | no one |  |  | there | ever |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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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