--- title: It's 35 °C and a pack of cans sits in the car all afternoon. What co… — Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola · tree and pragmatics description: It's 35 °C and a pack of cans sits in the car all afternoon. What could happen? Test 4 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/t4/) [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/) / [Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola It's 35 °C and a pack of cans sits in the car all afternoon. What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, pack · **What happens:** be, sit, happen · **To what, where:** 35 ° C, car This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It's 35 °C and a pack of cans sits in the car all afternoon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:1 # text = It's 35 °C and a pack of cans sits in the car all afternoon. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 ° ° SYM SYM _ 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 C C PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cans can NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 35 ° C | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | present | a pack of cans | | | the car | afternoon | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, cans can't burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, cans can't burst 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cans can NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **burst** | can | Nothing cans | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would freeze from the heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:o2:1 # text = They would freeze from the heat 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | would | They | | | the heat | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would go flat but stay closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:o3:1 # text = They would go flat but stay closed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 flat flat ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | They | | | | | flat *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **close** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Some cans could burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t4:o4:1 # text = Some cans could burst 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 cans can NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | could | some cans | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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. 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