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title: "the hot spring stinks of rotten eggs, did someone drop eggs in it?" — Gases all around: breath and balloons · tree and pragmatics
description: "the hot spring stinks of rotten eggs, did someone drop eggs in it?" Test 7 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» 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 7 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons

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"the hot spring stinks of rotten eggs, did someone drop eggs in it?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hot spring stinks, rotten eggs · **What happens:** drop, stink · **To what, where:** eggs, it

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» 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/20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t7:1
# text = "the hot spring stinks of rotten eggs, did someone drop eggs in it?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stinks	stink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the hot spring stinks of rotten eggs | eggs |  | it |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in it=Destination |
| 2 | **stink** *in a quote* |  | rotten eggs |  |  |  |  |  | nom stink «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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, birds lay eggs in the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, birds lay eggs in the spring
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | birds | eggs |  |  | spring |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it gives off the same gas, hydrogen sulphide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t7:o2:1
# text = No, it gives off the same gas, hydrogen sulphide
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sulphide	sulphide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | present | it | the same gas and hydrogen sulphide |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, people throw eggs in for luck every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, people throw eggs in for luck every single day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	throw	throw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | people | eggs |  | luck | day |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in luck=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is the smell of hot water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:20-gases-all-around-breath-and-balloons:t7:o4:1
# text = No, it is the smell of hot water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the smell |  |  |  | of hot water | tree rules |

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