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title: «popcorn's from 2019 lol, wanna try?» Only a few kernels pop. A frie… — Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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«popcorn's from 2019 lol, wanna try?» Only a few kernels pop. A friend blames the oil for being too cold. What is a better guess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** popcorn, few kernels, friend · **What happens:** try, pop, blame, be · **To what, where:** oil, better guess

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «popcorn's from 2019 lol, wanna try?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:1
# text = «popcorn's from 2019 lol, wanna try?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2019	2019	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	dep	_	_
9	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** *in a quote* | infinitive | popcorn from 2019 |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Only a few kernels pop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:2
# text = Only a few kernels pop.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kernels	kernel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pop	pop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** | present | a few kernels |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* A friend blames the oil for being too cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:3
# text = A friend blames the oil for being too cold.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blames	blame	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present | a friend | the oil |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* What is a better guess?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:4
# text = What is a better guess?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a better guess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The old kernels dried out, so too little steam formed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:o1:1
# text = The old kernels dried out, so too little steam formed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kernels	kernel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry out** | participle |  | the old kernels and little steam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **form** | participle |  | little steam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kernels have been too cold ever since 2019

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:o2:1
# text = The kernels have been too cold ever since 2019
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kernels	kernel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
8	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2019	2019	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | the kernels |  |  |  | since 2019; ever | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Popcorn only pops in the year it is picked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:o3:1
# text = Popcorn only pops in the year it is picked
1	Popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** | present | Popcorn |  |  |  | year |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pick** | present · passive | the year *not said here* | Popcorn |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Old kernels grow a hard coat like metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:t9:o4:1
# text = Old kernels grow a hard coat like metal
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kernels	kernel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Old kernels | a hard coat |  |  |  | like metal | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Theme |

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