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description: A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon. What would really happen? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda

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A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon. What would really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, soda · **What happens:** show, fill, float, happen · **To what, where:** balloon, vinegar, moon

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda» 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/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a balloon |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent balloon=Recipient |
| 2 | **fill** | participle |  | a balloon *not said here* |  | vinegar and soda |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **float** | gerund | soda *not said here* |  |  | the moon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to moon=Destination |

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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 would really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:2
# text = What would really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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It would not float, the gas is heavier than air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:o1:1
# text = It would not float, the gas is heavier than air
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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	parataxis	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **float** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the gas |  |  |  |  | than air; heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would turn into vinegar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:o2:1
# text = It would turn into vinegar
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	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | vinegar |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into vinegar=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would float just like a helium balloon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:o3:1
# text = It would float just like a helium balloon
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	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	helium	helium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | would | It |  |  |  |  | like a helium balloon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would burst into flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t3:o4:1
# text = It would burst into flames
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	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | would | It |  |  | flames |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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