--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises rene… — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises renewable resources? Exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Natural resources and why we must save…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Natural resources and why we must save them Which of the following statements most accurately characterises renewable resources? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** renewable resources This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/47-natural-resources/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises renewable resources? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 renewable renewable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 resources resource NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | renewable resources | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} They are formed over millions of years beneath the ground, as coal ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e1:o1:1 # text = They are formed over millions of years beneath the ground, as coal 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | present · passive | | They | | millions of years | | beneath the ground; as coal | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as coal=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} They may be used once only, as natural gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e1:o2:1 # text = They may be used once only, as natural gas 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | may · passive | | They | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are not exhausted by use, as sunlight and wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e1:o3:1 # text = They are not exhausted by use, as sunlight and wind 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **exhaust** | present · passive | use | They | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are obtained solely by mining ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e1:o4:1 # text = They are obtained solely by mining 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mining mining NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obtain** | present · passive | mining | They | | | | solely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme | **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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