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description: Your sister's new ring turns her finger green. She panics: "am I poisoned??" Test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change

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Your sister's new ring turns her finger green. She panics: "am I poisoned??"

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new ring, She, I · **What happens:** turn, panic, be · **To what, where:** finger

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister's new ring turns her finger green.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:1
# text = Your sister's new ring turns her finger green.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Your sister's new ring | her finger |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme finger=Result |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* She panics: "am I poisoned??"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:2
# text = She panics: "am I poisoned??"
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	panics	panic	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | poison *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, it means she ate too many green vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:o1:1
# text = No, it means she ate too many green vegetables
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | past | she | many green vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, go to hospital straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, go to hospital straight away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | hospital |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it's copper reacting with sweat, harmless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:o3:1
# text = No, it's copper reacting with sweat, harmless
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reacting	react	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | with sweat; harmless *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with sweat=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, green skin means blood poisoning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, green skin means blood poisoning
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | green skin | blood poisoning |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poisoning=Topic |

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