Test 5 · Separating mixtures
A ship has no fresh water but plenty of seawater. What could they do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ship, water · What happens: have, do · To what, where: fresh water
This is test 5 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
Sentence 1: A ship has no fresh water but plenty of seawater.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 water | det |
| 5 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 plenty | cc |
| 8 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 water | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 seawater | case |
| 10 | seawater | seawater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 plenty | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a ship | no fresh water but plenty of seawater | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: What could they do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | water | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Make fresh water by distilling or another desalting method
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 water | amod |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 distilling | mark |
| 5 | distilling | distil | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Make | advcl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 method | cc |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 method | det |
| 8 | desalting | desalting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 method | compound |
| 9 | method | method | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 distilling | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | fresh water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product | ||||
| 2 | distil | gerund | you not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Filter the seawater through a clean cloth to catch the salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filter | filter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 seawater | det |
| 3 | seawater | seawater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Filter | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 cloth | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cloth | det |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cloth | amod |
| 7 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Filter | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 catch | mark |
| 9 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Filter | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 salt | det |
| 11 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filter | imperative | you not said here | the seawater | a clean cloth | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent seawater=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | catch | to-infinitive | you not said here | the salt | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme |
Option 3
Freeze it and eat the salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Freeze | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 eat | cc |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Freeze | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 salt | det |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | imperative | you not said here | it | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | ||||
| 2 | eat | infinitive | you not said here | the salt | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |
Option 4
Leave it in a bucket to settle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bucket | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bucket | det |
| 5 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 settle | mark |
| 7 | settle | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | a bucket | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bucket=Location | |||
| 2 | settle | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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