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title: "it's minus 25 out, why aren't they salting the roads, lazy council"… — Melting, freezing, boiling and condens… · tree and pragmatics
description: "it's minus 25 out, why aren't they salting the roads, lazy council" What is a better reason? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing

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"it's minus 25 out, why aren't they salting the roads, lazy council" What is a better reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, they, roads · **What happens:** be, not salt · **To what, where:** roads, better reason

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t3:1
# text = "it's minus 25 out, why aren't they salting the roads, lazy council" What is a better reason?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	minus	minus	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	salting	salt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	23	amod	_	_
23	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | minus, out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **salt** *in a quote* | present · progressive | they | the roads and lazy council and a better reason |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent road=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the roads and lazy council and a better reason | a better reason |  |  |  |  | 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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Roads cannot get icy below minus 20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t3:o1:1
# text = Roads cannot get icy below minus 20
1	Roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	minus	minus	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | can | Roads | 20 |  |  |  | below, icy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Salt does not melt ice well in such hard frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t3:o2:1
# text = Salt does not melt ice well in such hard frost
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **melt** | present · do-support | Salt | ice |  | such hard frost |  | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ice=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Salt only works on roads in the summer months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t3:o3:1
# text = Salt only works on roads in the summer months
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Salt |  |  |  | month | on roads | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on road=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Salt makes ice thicker at minus 25

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:t3:o4:1
# text = Salt makes ice thicker at minus 25
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	minus	minus	SYM	$	_	2	obl	_	_
7	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Salt | ice |  |  |  | thick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ice=Product |

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