Test 9 · Separating mixtures

Why don't the salt bits rise with the steam from salty water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: salt bits · What happens: not rise · To what, where: salty water

This is test 9 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 rise	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rise	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 rise	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bits	det
5	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bits	compound
6	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rise	nsubj
7	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 steam	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 steam	det
10	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rise	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rise	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 rise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not rise	present · do-support	the salt bits			salty water		with the steam	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from water=Initial_Location

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

Salt does not evaporate at boiling-water temperatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evaporate	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 evaporate	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 evaporate	advmod
4	evaporate	evaporate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 temperatures	case
6	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 water	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 boiling	punct
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 temperatures	compound
9	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 evaporate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not evaporate	present · do-support	Salt			water temperatures			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Salt turns into steam first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 steam	case
4	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 turns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Salt			steam		first property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into steam=Trajectory

Option 3

Salt is too scared of heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 scared	advmod
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 heat	case
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Salt					of heat; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

The salt sticks to the inside of the lid and stays there until it cools

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salt	det
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	nsubj
3	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 inside	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inside	det
6	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 lid	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lid	det
9	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inside	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stays	cc
11	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sticks	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stays	advmod
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 cools	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cools	nsubj
15	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	stick	present	the salt		to the inside of the lid	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to inside=Co-Patient
2	stay	present	the salt not said here	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cool	present	salt			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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