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title: Uncle Pete is about to pop a sparkling-wine cork aimed at Grandma. W… — Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle Pete is about to pop a sparkling-wine cork aimed at Grandma. What should someone say? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» 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 10 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

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Uncle Pete is about to pop a sparkling-wine cork aimed at Grandma. What should someone say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Pete, someone · **What happens:** be, pop, aim, say · **To what, where:** wine cork · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» 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/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Pete is about to pop a sparkling-wine cork aimed at Grandma.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:1
# text = Uncle Pete is about to pop a sparkling-wine cork aimed at Grandma.
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Pete	Pete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pop	pop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	sparkling	sparkling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cork	cork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	aimed	aim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Uncle Pete |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pop** | to-infinitive | Uncle Pete *not said here* | a wine cork |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cork=Patient |
| 3 | **aim** | participle |  | a wine cork *not said here* |  |  |  | at Grandma | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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 should someone say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:2
# text = What should someone say?
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	say	say	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shake it first so it's gentler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:o1:1
# text = Shake it first so it's gentler
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	gentler	gentle	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | gentle *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Point it away, corks can hurt eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:o2:1
# text = Point it away, corks can hurt eyes
1	Point	point	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	corks	cork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point away** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | corks | eyes |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Aim it at the ceiling light instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:o3:1
# text = Aim it at the ceiling light instead
1	Aim	aim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aim** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the ceiling light |  | instead *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's fine, corks are soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t10:o4:1
# text = It's fine, corks are soft
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	corks	cork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | corks |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |

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**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.

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