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title: Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory". Who really m… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory". Who really made the first soda water? Test 6 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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 6 · Famous discoveries told as stories

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Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory". Who really made the first soda water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** a · **What happens:** invent, drink, make · **To what, where:** fizzy drinks, factory, first soda water

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This is test 6 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:1
# text = Gran: "fizzy drinks were invented by a drinks factory".
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	nsubj	_	_
10	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | fizzy drinks |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | a | factory |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factory=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:* Who really made the first soda water?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:2
# text = Who really made the first soda water?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
6	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | the first soda water |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Joseph Priestley, a scientist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:o1:1
# text = Joseph Priestley, a scientist
1	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Priestley	Priestley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mendeleev, with his cards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:o2:1
# text = Mendeleev, with his cards
1	Mendeleev	Mendeleev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alexander Fleming, by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:o3:1
# text = Alexander Fleming, by accident
1	Alexander	Alexander	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Marie Curie, in Paris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t6:o4:1
# text = Marie Curie, in Paris
1	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Curie	Curie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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