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description: Gran adds lemon to her black tea and it goes paler. Grandpa says it's because lemon is yellow. What's true? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 17 «Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 8 · ★ · Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow

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Gran adds lemon to her black tea and it goes paler. Grandpa says it's because lemon is yellow. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, lemon, Grandpa · **What happens:** add, go, say, be · **To what, where:** lemon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 17 «Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow» 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/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran adds lemon to her black tea and it goes paler.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:1
# text = Gran adds lemon to her black tea and it goes paler.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	paler	pale	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | Gran | lemon |  |  |  | to Gran's black tea | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent lemon=Patient to tea=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **go** | present | lemon |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Grandpa says it's because lemon is yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:2
# text = Grandpa says it's because lemon is yellow.
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | lemon |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lemon cools the tea down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:o1:1
# text = The lemon cools the tea down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | present | the lemon | the tea |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lemon soaks up the tea leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:o2:1
# text = Lemon soaks up the tea leaves
1	Lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | Lemon | the tea leaves |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent leaf=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yellow lemon juice mixes with brown tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:o3:1
# text = Yellow lemon juice mixes with brown tea
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mixes	mix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | present | Yellow lemon juice |  |  |  |  | with brown tea | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with tea=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Acid changes the colours in the tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow:t8:o4:1
# text = Acid changes the colours in the tea
1	Acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Acid | the colours |  | the tea |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

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