Test 10 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them

how'd u get the sand out of the water

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: get · To what, where: sand, water

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Mixtures and how to separate them» of the world 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	u	the sand		the water			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sand=Stimulus

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 a magnet

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

#	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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pour it through a filter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pour	obj
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 filter	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 filter	det
5	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	it		a filter			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Freeze it and the sand floats

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	_	6 floats	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sand	det
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floats	nsubj
6	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Freeze	conj

#	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	float	present	the sand						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Stir it until the sand dissolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stir	stir	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stir	obj
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 dissolves	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sand	det
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dissolves	nsubj
6	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stir	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	imperative	you not said here	it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	dissolve	present	the sand						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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