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title: wait so how come marble's all smooth and swirly, what's it made from — Rocks, minerals and fossils · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so how come marble's all smooth and swirly, what's it made from Test 11 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» 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.
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# Test 11 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

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wait so how come marble's all smooth and swirly, what's it made from

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, make · **To what, where:** come marble

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This is test 11 of lesson 61 «Rocks, minerals and fossils» 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/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t11:1
# text = wait so how come marble's all smooth and swirly, what's it made from
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	swirly	swirly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | come marble |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sand and mud pressed together under a lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t11:o1:1
# text = Sand and mud pressed together under a lake
1	Sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | participle |  | Sand and mud *not said here* |  | a lake |  | together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Lava that cooled very slowly inside a volcano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t11:o2:1
# text = Lava that cooled very slowly inside a volcano
1	Lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cooled	cool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | past | Lava |  |  | a volcano |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Limestone changed by great heat and pressure underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t11:o3:1
# text = Limestone changed by great heat and pressure underground
1	Limestone	limestone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle | Limestone |  |  |  |  | by great heat and pressure; underground *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hard clay baked in the sun for many years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t11:o4:1
# text = Hard clay baked in the sun for many years
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | participle |  | Hard clay *not said here* |  |  | year | in the sun | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in sun=Instrument |

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