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title: Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!" Best… — Water, deserts and the shape of the land · tree and pragmatics
description: Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!" Best reply? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

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Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!" Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thomas, they, I · **What happens:** not give up, be · **To what, where:** carbon

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:1
# text = Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!"
1	Thomas	Thomas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	BOTH	both	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give up** | future | Thomas |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | they | carbon |  |  |  | both *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | right *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:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:2
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You're right, any carbon always turns into diamond in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:o1:1
# text = You're right, any carbon always turns into diamond in the end
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | present | any carbon |  |  | diamond | in the end | always *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into diamond=Trajectory |

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

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Sharing an ingredient doesn't mean one turned into the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:o2:1
# text = Sharing an ingredient doesn't mean one turned into the other
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ingredient	ingredient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund |  | a ingredient |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | Sharing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **turn** | past | one |  |  | the other |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into other=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then pencils must be made of diamonds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:o3:1
# text = Then pencils must be made of diamonds
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coal and diamonds are not carbon at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t8:o4:1
# text = Coal and diamonds are not carbon at all
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Coal and diamonds | carbon |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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