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title: "i put an egg in vinegar for 3 days and now it bounces lol how". Why? — The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda · tree and pragmatics
description: "i put an egg in vinegar for 3 days and now it bounces lol how". Why? Test 5 · ★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda

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"i put an egg in vinegar for 3 days and now it bounces lol how". Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, egg · **What happens:** put, bounce · **To what, where:** egg, vinegar

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "i put an egg in vinegar for 3 days and now it bounces lol how".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:1
# text = "i put an egg in vinegar for 3 days and now it bounces lol how".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	bounces	bounce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | past | i | a egg |  | vinegar | day |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in vinegar=Destination |
| 2 | **bounce** *in a quote* | present | egg |  |  |  | now |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The yolk turned into air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:o1:1
# text = The yolk turned into air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	yolk	yolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	air	air	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** | past | the yolk |  |  | air |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into air=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The egg froze in the fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:o2:1
# text = The egg froze in the fridge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past | the egg |  |  | the fridge |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The vinegar slowly turned the whole egg into rubber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:o3:1
# text = The vinegar slowly turned the whole egg into rubber
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the vinegar | the whole egg |  | rubber |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent egg=Theme into rubber=Trajectory |

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

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The shell dissolved, only the skin holds it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t5:o4:1
# text = The shell dissolved, only the skin holds it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle | the shell |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | present | the skin | shell |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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