--- title: What would happen if you tried to separate iron sulphide back into i… — Molecules: when atoms join up · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you tried to separate iron sulphide back into iron and sulphur with a magnet? Test 7 · ★ 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 ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/t7/) [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/) / [Molecules: when atoms join up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up What would happen if you tried to separate iron sulphide back into iron and sulphur with a magnet? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, try, separate back · **To what, where:** iron sulphide, iron This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t7:1 # text = What would happen if you tried to separate iron sulphide back into iron and sulphur with a magnet? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 sulphide sulphide NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **separate back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | iron sulphide | | | | into iron with a magnet and sulphur *goal* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent sulphide=Theme into iron=Goal | 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} The compound would explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t7:o1:1 # text = The compound would explode 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compound compound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | would | the compound | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would not work, the atoms are joined ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t7:o2:1 # text = It would not work, the atoms are joined 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 atoms atom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **work** | would | It | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **join** | present · passive | | the atoms | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sulphur would stick to the magnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t7:o3:1 # text = The sulphur would stick to the magnet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | would | the sulphur | | | | | to the magnet | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to magnet=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The iron would jump straight out onto the magnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t7:o4:1 # text = The iron would jump straight out onto the magnet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 onto onto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | would | the iron | | | the magnet | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto magnet=Trajectory | **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. 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