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title: Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar". What's… — Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar". What's true? Test 6 · ★ 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

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Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cola · **What happens:** not be, not have, be · **To what, where:** much sugar

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:1
# text = Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar".
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | this cola |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | can | cola | much sugar |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |

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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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bubbles are the sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:o1:1
# text = The bubbles are the sugar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bubbles | the sugar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She's right, cola has barely any sugar in it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:o2:1
# text = She's right, cola has barely any sugar in it at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	csubj	_	_
7	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | cola | any sugar |  | sugar |  | at all; barely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cola uses salt instead of sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:o3:1
# text = Cola uses salt instead of sugar
1	Cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Cola | salt |  |  |  | instead sugar | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It has about seven teaspoons, hidden by acid and fizz

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t6:o4:1
# text = It has about seven teaspoons, hidden by acid and fizz
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	teaspoons	teaspoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fizz	fizz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | seven teaspoons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaspoon=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | seven teaspoons *not said here* |  |  |  | by acid and fizz | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by acid=Location |

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