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title: "ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!"… — Soap and why washing works · tree and pragmatics
description: "ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!" What's the honest reply? Test 9 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works

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"ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!" What's the honest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ugh timey soap, 's, honest reply · **What happens:** let, make, be · **To what, where:** 's, some, kitchen

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:1
# text = "ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ugh	ugh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	timey	timey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | ugh timey soap from wood ash | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | some |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset some=Product |

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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 the honest reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:2
# text = What's the honest reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sure, it's just warm water and ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:o1:1
# text = Sure, it's just warm water and ash
1	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | warm water and ash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only in a plastic bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only in a plastic bowl
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, lye is very caustic, not for kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:o3:1
# text = No, lye is very caustic, not for kids
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lye	lye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	caustic	caustic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | lye |  |  |  |  | for kids; caustic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sure, if you add lemon juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:24-soap-and-why-washing-works:t9:o4:1
# text = Sure, if you add lemon juice
1	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | you | lemon juice |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |

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