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title: A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and c… — Cleaning chemicals and safety at home · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on. What should really happen? Test 4 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 4 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home

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A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on. What should really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon scientist · **What happens:** splash, carry on, happen · **To what, where:** potion, eye

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This is test 4 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» 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/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:1
# text = A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	splashes	splash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	blinks	blink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **splash** | present | a cartoon scientist | potion |  | scientist's eye and blinks |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent potion=Theme in eye=Destination |
| 2 | **carry on** | present | a cartoon scientist *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:2
# text = What should really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cover the eye and keep on working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Cover the eye and keep on working
1	Cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	working	working	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | working |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on working=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blink fast until the eye stops stinging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = Blink fast until the eye stops stinging
1	Blink	blink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blink** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the eye |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sting** | gerund | the eye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Rinse with lots of clean water and get help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = Rinse with lots of clean water and get help
1	Rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with lots of clean water | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | help |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rub the eye until the potion is gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = Rub the eye until the potion is gone
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the potion |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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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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