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title: In a cartoon, a hero drinks car-battery acid "for energy". What's wr… — Acids in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a hero drinks car-battery acid "for energy". What's wrong with that? Test 8 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 8 · Acids in the kitchen

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In a cartoon, a hero drinks car-battery acid "for energy". What's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hero · **What happens:** drink, be · **To what, where:** car battery acid, cartoon

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a hero drinks car-battery acid "for energy".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, a hero drinks car-battery acid "for energy".
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | a hero | car battery acid |  | a cartoon |  | for energy | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Patient |

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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:* What's wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:2
# text = What's wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, battery acid is just like a sharp lemonade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing, battery acid is just like a sharp lemonade
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing battery acid |  |  |  |  | like a sharp lemonade | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would only taste a little sour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:o2:1
# text = It would only taste a little sour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sour	sour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | would | It | a little sour |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme sour=Attribute |

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

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Strong acid would badly burn the mouth and throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:o3:1
# text = Strong acid would badly burn the mouth and throat
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | would | Strong acid | the mouth and throat |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would make him glow in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t8:o4:1
# text = It would make him glow in the dark
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	glow	glow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | It | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

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