--- title: why cant we just make more oil when it runs out — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics description: why cant we just make more oil when it runs out Test 10 · ★ 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them why cant we just make more oil when it runs out **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cant · **What happens:** make, run out · **To what, where:** more oil This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world 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/world/47-natural-resources/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t10:1 # text = why cant we just make more oil when it runs out 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 cant cant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | cant | more oil | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset oil=Product | | 2 | **run out** | present | cant | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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} Oil is made in factories very slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t10:o1:1 # text = Oil is made in factories very slowly 1 Oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 factories factory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Oil | | factories | | slowly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Oil only forms in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t10:o2:1 # text = Oil only forms in winter 1 Oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 forms form VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | present | Oil | | | | winter | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It can be grown on farms ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t10:o3:1 # text = It can be grown on farms 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | can · passive | | It | | farms | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It took millions of years to form from ancient life ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t10:o4:1 # text = It took millions of years to form from ancient life 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | It | millions of years | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme | | 2 | **form** | to-infinitive | | | | ancient life | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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