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description: It is given that further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel. Identify the term applicable to the solution. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Mixing and dissolving

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It is given that further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel. Identify the term applicable to the solution.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** further salt, you · **What happens:** give, add, remain, identify · **To what, where:** It, further salt, term

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/6-mixing-and-dissolving/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:1
# text = It is given that further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	undissolved	undissolved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle |  | further salt *not said here* |  |  |  | to water | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to water=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **remain** | present | further salt |  |  |  |  | undissolved *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Identify the term applicable to the solution.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:2
# text = Identify the term applicable to the solution.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	applicable	applicable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	solution	solution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  | applicable *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neutralised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:o1:1
# text = Neutralised
1	Neutralised	neutralis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neutralis** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Very dilute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:o2:1
# text = Very dilute
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dilute	dilute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Saturated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:o3:1
# text = Saturated
1	Saturated	saturate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **saturate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Evaporated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:e2:o4:1
# text = Evaporated
1	Evaporated	evaporate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evaporate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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