--- title: Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. What could she do? — Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. What could she do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 16 «Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/16-alkalis-and-soda/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/16-alkalis-and-soda/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. What could she do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandma · **What happens:** want, do · **To what, where:** pink hydrangea This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 16 «Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids» 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/16-alkalis-and-soda/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:1 # text = Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hydrangea hydrangea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Grandma | Grandma's pink hydrangea blue next year | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hydrangea=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:2 # text = What could she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could | Grandma | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Make the soil more acidic ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:o1:1 # text = Make the soil more acidic 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 acidic acidic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the soil | | | | acidic *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Plant it in deeper shade ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:o2:1 # text = Plant it in deeper shade 1 Plant plant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | deeper shade | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shade=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spread lots of lime around it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:o3:1 # text = Spread lots of lime around it 1 Spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | | lots of lime | | lime | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lot=Theme around it=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Water it with soapy water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t3:o4:1 # text = Water it with soapy water 1 Water water VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 soapy soapy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **water** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with soapy water | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme | **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. 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