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Test 7 · Separating mixtures

Your sister wants to sort a big jar of mixed buttons fast. What is a good idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister · What happens: want, sort, mix, be · To what, where: big jar, good idea

This is test 7 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: Your sister wants to sort a big jar of mixed buttons fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sort	mark
5	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jar	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jar	amod
8	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sort	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 buttons	case
10	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 buttons	amod
11	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 jar	nmod
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 sort	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Your sister						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sort not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your sister not said here	a big jar of mixed buttons				fast property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme
3	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is a good idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dissolve them all in a bowl of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dissolve	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Dissolve	obj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 them	nmod:unmarked
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bowl	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dissolve	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bowl	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	imperative	you not said here	them = they		a bowl of water			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Use sieves with different holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sieves	sieve	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 holes	case
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 holes	amod
5	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	sieves				with different holes	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sieve=Patient

Option 3

Boil them in a big pan of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boil	boil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Boil	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 pan	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pan	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pan	amod
6	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Boil	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pan	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	imperative	you not said here	them = they				in a big pan of water	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient in pan=Instrument

Option 4

Use a magnet to pull out the plastic buttons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 magnet	det
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pull	mark
5	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 pull	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 buttons	det
8	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buttons	amod
9	buttons	button	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a magnet					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient
2	pull out	to-infinitive	you not said here	the plastic buttons					tree rules

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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