Test 12 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them

my sister says u can get the salt out of salty water with a filter. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, u · What happens: say, get · To what, where: salt, salty water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 salt	det
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 water	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 filter	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 filter	det
15	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	can	u	the salt		salty water		with a filter	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salt=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

No, you need a magnet for salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 magnet	det
6	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 salt	case
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	you	a magnet				for salt	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot magnet=Theme

Option 2

Yes, a fine filter catches all the salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 catches	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 filter	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 filter	amod
5	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catches	nsubj
6	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 salt	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 salt	det
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	a fine filter	all salt					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, dissolved salt passes through; evaporate the water instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 dissolved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 salt	amod
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passes	nsubj
5	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	5 passes	compound:prt
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 evaporate	punct
8	evaporate	evaporate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 passes	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 evaporate	obj
11	instead	instead	ADV	_	8 evaporate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	pass through	present	dissolved salt			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	evaporate	infinitive	dissolved salt not said here	the water	instead property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

Yes, if you filter it twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 filter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 filter	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 filter	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 filter	nsubj
5	filter	filter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 filter	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 filter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	filter	present	you	it				twice property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial_Location

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