--- title: Jake's gardening dad is about to lime the blueberry bed. What should… — Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel… · tree and pragmatics description: Jake's gardening dad is about to lime the blueberry bed. What should someone tell him? Test 4 · ★ 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 --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids Jake's gardening dad is about to lime the blueberry bed. What should someone tell him? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gardening dad, someone · **What happens:** be, lime, tell · **To what, where:** blueberry bed, Jake · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake's gardening dad is about to lime the blueberry bed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:1 # text = Jake's gardening dad is about to lime the blueberry bed. 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 gardening gardening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 lime lime VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 blueberry blueberry NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Jake's gardening dad | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lime** | to-infinitive | Jake's gardening dad *not said here* | the blueberry bed | | | | | tree rules | 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 should someone tell him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:2 # text = What should someone tell him? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | someone | | Jake | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Lime makes blueberries grow twice as big ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:o1:1 # text = Lime makes blueberries grow twice as big 1 Lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blueberries blueberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Lime | blueberries | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | blueberries *not said here* | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Blueberries need bleach, not lime ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:o2:1 # text = Blueberries need bleach, not lime 1 Blueberries blueberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bleach bleach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Blueberries | bleach and lime | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bleach=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lime is fine for every plant ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:o3:1 # text = Lime is fine for every plant 1 Lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Lime | | | | | for every plant; fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Blueberries like acidic soil, so don't ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:t4:o4:1 # text = Blueberries like acidic soil, so don't 1 Blueberries blueberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 acidic acidic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | Blueberries like acidic soil | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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