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title: Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue. Why? — Acids in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue. Why? Test 1 of lesson 15 «Acids in the kitchen» 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 1 · Acids in the kitchen

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Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sophie, sweet · **What happens:** lick, sting · **To what, where:** sour sweet, tongue

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This is test 1 of lesson 15 «Acids in the kitchen» 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/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:1
# text = Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue.
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	licks	lick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lick** | present | Sophie | a sour sweet |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sweet=Source |
| 2 | **sting** | present | sweet | Sophie's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tongue=Experiencer |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is dusted with acid powder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:o1:1
# text = It is dusted with acid powder
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dusted	dust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dust** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with acid powder | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with powder=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is far too cold for her tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:o2:1
# text = It is far too cold for her tongue
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for her tongue; cold, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has tiny bits of glass on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:o3:1
# text = It has tiny bits of glass on it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | tiny bits of glass on glass |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is covered in salt crystals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t1:o4:1
# text = It is covered in salt crystals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | in salt crystals | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in crystal=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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