Test 9 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them

Why is a paper filter used when making coffee?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: use, make · To what, where: paper filter, coffee

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 used	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 filter	det
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filter	compound
5	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 making	advmod
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 used	advcl
9	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		a paper filter					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	make	gerund		coffee					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset coffee=Product

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

It dissolves the coffee grounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dissolves	nsubj
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grounds	det
4	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grounds	compound
5	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 dissolves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	It	the coffee grounds					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grounds=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It lets the liquid through and holds back the grounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 liquid	det
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obj
5	through	through	ADV	_	2 lets	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 holds	cc
7	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lets	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 holds	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grounds	det
10	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let through	present	It	the liquid					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme
2	hold back	present		the grounds					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grounds=Theme

Option 3

It makes the coffee cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coffee	det
4	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the coffee				cold property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material coffee=Product

Option 4

It takes out all the coffee taste and leaves only water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 takes	compound:prt
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 taste	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 taste	det
6	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taste	compound
7	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leaves	cc
9	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 water	advmod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	present	It	all coffee taste					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Theme
2	leave	present		water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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