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title: "just boil the sea water then, sorted". Why doesn't that make it dri… — Water: the most amazing liquid · tree and pragmatics
description: "just boil the sea water then, sorted". Why doesn't that make it drinkable? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid

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"just boil the sea water then, sorted". Why doesn't that make it drinkable?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, that · **What happens:** boil, not make · **To what, where:** sea water, water

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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/34-water-amazing-liquid/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "just boil the sea water then, sorted".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:1
# text = "just boil the sea water then, sorted".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	boil	boil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sorted	sorted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sea water |  |  | then |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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:* Why doesn't that make it drinkable?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:2
# text = Why doesn't that make it drinkable?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	drinkable	drinkable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | that | water |  |  |  | drinkable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Boiling makes it into tap water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:o1:1
# text = Boiling makes it into tap water
1	Boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Boiling | it |  | tap water |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into water=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Boiling makes the salt float away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:o2:1
# text = Boiling makes the salt float away
1	Boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Boiling | the salt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **float away** | present | the salt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Boiling kills germs but leaves the salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:o3:1
# text = Boiling kills germs but leaves the salt
1	Boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Boiling | germs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | present | Boiling *not said here* | the salt |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Boiling turns all of the salt into sugar instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t4:o4:1
# text = Boiling turns all of the salt into sugar instead
1	Boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Boiling | all salt |  | sugar |  | instead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent salt=Theme into sugar=Trajectory |

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