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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★

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«y'all, the tyre's flat as a pancake this frosty morning, it was fine yesterday arvo» The tyre looks only a little soft. What is the best detective guess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tyre, best detective guess · **What happens:** be, look · **To what, where:** fine yesterday arvo

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★» 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/37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «y'all, the tyre's flat as a pancake this frosty morning, it was fine yesterday arvo» The tyre looks only a little soft.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:1
# text = «y'all, the tyre's flat as a pancake this frosty morning, it was fine yesterday arvo» The tyre looks only a little soft.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	y'all	y'all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tyre	tyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pancake	pancake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	frosty	frosty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	tyre	tyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	only	only	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
27	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the tyre |  |  |  | morning | as a pancake; flat, y'all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | tyre | fine yesterday arvo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | present | the tyre | fine yesterday arvo *not said here* |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arvo=Attribute |

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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:* What is the best detective guess?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:2
# text = What is the best detective 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	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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The cold air inside shrank, so the pressure dropped a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:o1:1
# text = The cold air inside shrank, so the pressure dropped a bit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink** | past | the cold air |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drop** | past | the pressure | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The air inside turned into water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:o2:1
# text = The air inside turned into water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the air |  |  | water |  | inside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The frost froze the rubber solid and it cracked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:o3:1
# text = The frost froze the rubber solid and it cracked
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past | the frost | the rubber |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient rubber=Result |
| 2 | **crack** | past | frost |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Tyres get much heavier in cold weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives:t8:o4:1
# text = Tyres get much heavier in cold weather
1	Tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Tyres |  |  | cold weather |  | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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