Test 2 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

"why can't I just sieve the sugar outta my squash, it's too sweet" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, squash · What happens: not sieve, be · To what, where: sugar outta

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» of the chemistry 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 sieve	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sieve	advmod
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sieve	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sieve	advmod
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 sieve	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sieve	advmod
7	sieve	sieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sweet	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 outta	det
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 outta	compound
10	outta	outta	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sieve	obj
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 squash	nmod:poss
12	squash	squash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sieve	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sieve	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sweet	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sweet	cop
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 sweet	advmod
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 answer	punct
19	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sweet	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 sweet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sieve in a quote	can	I	the sugar outta					tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	squash					sweet 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sieves are only for flour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sieves	sieve	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flour	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flour	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 flour	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 flour	case
5	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sieves					for flour	tree rules

Option 2

The sugar would block the holes in the sieve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sugar	det
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 block	aux
4	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 holes	det
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 block	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sieve	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sieve	det
9	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	would	the sugar	the holes		the sieve			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Patient in sieve=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Dissolved sugar is too small to be caught, add water instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sugar	amod
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 caught	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 caught	aux:pass
8	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 small	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 add	punct
10	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 small	parataxis
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 add	obj
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	10 add	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Dissolved sugar		small property	tree rules
3	catch	to-infinitive · passive	Dissolved sugar not said here			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»
4	add speech: assert	infinitive		water	instead property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

You can, but only with a wooden sieve that has very small holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 can	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sieve	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 sieve	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 sieve	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 sieve	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sieve	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sieve	amod
9	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 can	nsubj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sieve	acl:relcl
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 small	advmod
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 holes	amod
14	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a wooden sieve	small holes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient

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