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title: "why do the raisins keep going up and down?? r they alive" — Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola · tree and pragmatics
description: "why do the raisins keep going up and down?? r they alive" Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

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"why do the raisins keep going up and down?? r they alive"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** raisins · **What happens:** keep, go up

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t8:1
# text = "why do the raisins keep going up and down?? r they alive"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	raisins	raisin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
12	r	r	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the raisins |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go up** *in a quote* | gerund | the raisins *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, raisins are tiny animals that can swim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, raisins are tiny animals that can swim
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	raisins	raisin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | raisins | tiny animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | can | tiny animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Bubbles lift them and pop off at the top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t8:o2:1
# text = Bubbles lift them and pop off at the top
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lift	lift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pop	pop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | present | Bubbles | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **pop off** | present | Bubbles *not said here* |  |  | the top |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lemonade is boiling them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t8:o3:1
# text = The lemonade is boiling them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present · progressive | the lemonade | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Magnets in the glass pull them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:t8:o4:1
# text = Magnets in the glass pull them
1	Magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | infinitive | Magnets in the glass | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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