Test 7 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

"chucked a whole sugar cube in, still there after ages, dunno why" What would speed it up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: chuck in, speed up · To what, where: whole sugar cube, dunno

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	_	2 chucked	punct
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cube	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cube	amod
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cube	compound
6	cube	cube	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	2 chucked	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 there	punct
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 there	advmod
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 chucked	advmod
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 ages	case
12	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chucked	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dunno	punct
14	dunno	dunno	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ages	appos
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	19 speed	advmod
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 speed	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 speed	obj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 speed	aux
19	speed	speed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dunno	acl:relcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 speed	obj
21	up	up	ADP	_	19 speed	compound:prt
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck in in a quote	past		a whole sugar cube		there	after ages		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cube=Theme
2	speed up	would		dunno					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

Use colder water and wait a lot longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obl:unmarked
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 wait	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	colder water					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here	a lot				long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Put a lid on the cup to keep the heat in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lid	det
3	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cup	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cup	det
6	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 heat	det
10	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	8 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a lid		the cup			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme on cup=Destination
2	keep in	to-infinitive	you not said here	the heat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Crush it, use hotter water and stir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crush	crush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Crush	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Crush	conj
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stir	cc
8	stir	stir	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	imperative	you not said here	it					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	use	infinitive	you not said here	hotter water and stir					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

Drop in a few more sugar cubes to help it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	7 cubes	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cubes	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cubes	amod
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 cubes	amod
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cubes	compound
7	cubes	cube	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Drop	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cubes	acl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive		Drop					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

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