--- title: "sherbet's been in me pocket all day and hasn't fizzed, is it dead?" — The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda · tree and pragmatics description: "sherbet's been in me pocket all day and hasn't fizzed, is it dead?" Test 9 · ★★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/t9/) [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/) / [The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda "sherbet's been in me pocket all day and hasn't fizzed, is it dead?" **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sherbet, me pocket · **What happens:** be, not fizz · **To what, where:** me pocket This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t9:1 # text = "sherbet's been in me pocket all day and hasn't fizzed, is it dead?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 sherbet sherbet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 compound _ _ 7 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 fizzed fizz VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sherbet | | | me pocket | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fizz** *in a quote* | present · perfect | sherbet *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | me pocket | | | | | dead *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, pockets kill sherbet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, pockets kill sherbet 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sherbet sherbet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | pockets | sherbet | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sherbet=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, sherbet goes off in an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, sherbet goes off in an hour 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sherbet sherbet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | present | sherbet | | | | hour | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it only fizzes when wet in your mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t9:o3:1 # text = No, it only fizzes when wet in your mouth 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fizzes fizz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fizz** | present | it | | | your mouth | | wet *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it fizzes only at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda:t9:o4:1 # text = No, it fizzes only at night 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fizzes fizz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fizz** | present | it | | | | night | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/t8/) - next →: [The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/t10/) - ↑ back to [The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/)