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title: "my brother says atoms in a ball-and-stick model are really red and… — Molecules: when atoms join up · tree and pragmatics
description: "my brother says atoms in a ball-and-stick model are really red and white balls" What is the truth? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» 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 w
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# Test 6 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up

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"my brother says atoms in a ball-and-stick model are really red and white balls" What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, atoms, red balls · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** red balls, truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» 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/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t6:1
# text = "my brother says atoms in a ball-and-stick model are really red and white balls" What is the truth?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
8	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my brother | red balls and the truth |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ball=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | atoms in a ball stick model |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | atoms in a ball stick model *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | red balls and the truth | the truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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He is right, oxygen atoms really are red and hydrogen atoms are white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t6:o1:1
# text = He is right, oxygen atoms really are red and hydrogen atoms are white
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | oxygen atoms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | oxygen atoms |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real atoms are all black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t6:o2:1
# text = Real atoms are all black
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real atoms |  |  |  |  | all, black *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The colours are only a custom; real atoms are not coloured balls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t6:o3:1
# text = The colours are only a custom; real atoms are not coloured balls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the colours | a custom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | real atoms | coloured balls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Atoms are white until they join up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t6:o4:1
# text = Atoms are white until they join up
1	Atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	join	join	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Atoms |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **join up** | present | Atoms *= atom* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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