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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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«bro these muffins r bussin but why r the blueberries GREEN, is it mould??»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bussin · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mould

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» 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/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t3:1
# text = «bro these muffins r bussin but why r the blueberries GREEN, is it mould??»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	muffins	muffin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	blueberries	blueberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	GREEN	GREEN	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bussin | mould |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, green means mould, so bin the whole batch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, green means mould, so bin the whole batch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bin	bin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	batch	batch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | green | mould |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Topic |
| 2 | **bin** | infinitive | green *not said here* | the whole batch |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent batch=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the oven heat grew mould inside them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, the oven heat grew mould inside them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the oven heat | mould |  |  |  | inside them *= they* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mould=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, too much baking soda changed their colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t3:o3:1
# text = No, too much baking soda changed their colour
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	baking	baking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | much baking soda | their colour |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, blueberries are always green inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t3:o4:1
# text = No, blueberries are always green inside
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	blueberries	blueberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | blueberries |  |  |  |  | always, green, inside *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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