--- title: Identify, from among the following, a fossil fuel. — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify, from among the following, a fossil fuel. Exam question 2 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Natural resources and why we must save them Identify, from among the following, a fossil fuel. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, follow · **To what, where:** fossil fuel This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e2:1 # text = Identify, from among the following, a fossil fuel. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | a fossil fuel | | | | | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sunlight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e2:o1:1 # text = Sunlight 1 Sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e2:o2:1 # text = Wind 1 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Flowing water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e2:o3:1 # text = Flowing water 1 Flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:e2:o4:1 # text = Oil 1 Oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [Natural resources and why we must save…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/e1/) - next →: [Natural resources and why we must save…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/e3/) - ↑ back to [Natural resources and why we must save them](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/)