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title: my brother reckons granite's made from sand stuck together. right? — Rocks, minerals and fossils · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother reckons granite's made from sand stuck together. right? Test 13 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 right.
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# Test 13 · Rocks, minerals and fossils

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my brother reckons granite's made from sand stuck together. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** reckon, make, stick together · **To what, where:** granite, sand

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This is test 13 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t13:1
# text = my brother reckons granite's made from sand stuck together. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother | granite |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent granite=Attribute |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | granite *not said here* |  | sand |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from sand=Material |
| 3 | **stick together** | participle |  | sand *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Yes, granite is shells and sand glued by mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, granite is shells and sand glued by mud
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mud	mud	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 a** | present |  | granite shells and sand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glue** | participle |  | granite shells and sand *not said here* |  |  |  | by mud | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, granite is igneous rock formed when magma cooled slowly underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t13:o2:1
# text = No, granite is igneous rock formed when magma cooled slowly underground
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	igneous	igneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	magma	magma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cooled	cool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | granite | igneous rock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **form** | past | igneous rock |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cool** | past | magma |  |  |  |  | slowly, underground *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, granite is limestone changed by heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t13:o3:1
# text = No, granite is limestone changed by heat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	limestone	limestone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | granite limestone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | participle |  | granite limestone *not said here* |  |  |  | by heat | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, granite is sand pressed together under the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:61-rocks-minerals-fossils:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, granite is sand pressed together under the sea
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | granite sand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **press** | participle |  | granite sand *not said here* |  | the sea |  | together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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**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.

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