Test 10 · Separating mixtures

"colander, sieve, tea bag, coffee filter, what's the same about 'em" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: colander · What happens: be

This is test 10 of lesson 8 «Separating mixtures» 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 colander	punct
2	colander	colander	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sieve	punct
4	sieve	sieve	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colander	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bag	punct
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bag	compound
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sieve	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 filter	punct
9	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filter	compound
10	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colander	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 same	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 same	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 same	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 same	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 colander	conj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 'em	case
17	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 same	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 answer	punct
19	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 same	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 colander	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	colander and sieve and tea bag and coffee filter					about 'em = they; same 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 · ✓ the right answer

They are all filters that let small bits through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 filters	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 filters	cop
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 filters	det
4	filters	filter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 filters	acl:relcl
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bits	amod
8	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	6 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	all filters					tree rules
2	let	present	all filters	small bits					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme

Option 2

They all dissolve whatever is put in them, so it can pass through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dissolve	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 dissolve	advmod
3	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 put	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 put	aux:pass
6	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dissolve	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 put	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pass	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 pass	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pass	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 pass	aux
13	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dissolve	conj
14	through	through	ADV	_	13 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	They			tree rules
2	put	present · passive		whatever	in them = they	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in they=Destination
3	pass through	can	it		through property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They all use magnets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 use	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	magnets					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient

Option 4

They all heat things up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heat	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 heat	advmod
3	heat	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heat	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 heat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat up	present	They	things					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

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