--- title: Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. W… — Soap and why washing works · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. What's going on? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Soap and why washing works» 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/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/t8/) [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/) / [Soap and why washing works](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. What's going on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new town · **What happens:** make, go on · **To what, where:** grey scum, bath This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Soap and why washing works» 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/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:1 # text = Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 scum scum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 crusty crusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 kettles kettle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Grandma's new town | grey scum | | the bath and crusty kettles | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset scum=Product | 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's going on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:2 # text = What's going on? 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 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The water is hard, full of minerals ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:o1:1 # text = The water is hard, full of minerals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 minerals mineral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the water *not said here* | | | | | of minerals | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The pipes are full of old soap from before ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:o2:1 # text = The pipes are full of old soap from before 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 before before ADV RB _ 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the pipes | | | | | of old soap; full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The water is too soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:o3:1 # text = The water is too soft 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Someone put salt in the water tank ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t8:o4:1 # text = Someone put salt in the water tank 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | Someone | salt | | the water tank | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme in tank=Destination | **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. - ← previous: [Soap and why washing works, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/t7/) - next →: [Soap and why washing works, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/t9/) - ↑ back to [Soap and why washing works](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/)