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title: "why can't I just sieve the sugar outta my squash, it's too sweet" B… — Mixing and dissolving · tree and pragmatics
description: "why can't I just sieve the sugar outta my squash, it's too sweet" Best answer? Test 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

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"why can't I just sieve the sugar outta my squash, it's too sweet" Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, squash · **What happens:** not sieve, be · **To what, where:** sugar outta

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» 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/6-mixing-and-dissolving/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t2:1
# text = "why can't I just sieve the sugar outta my squash, it's too sweet" Best answer?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sieve	sieve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	outta	outta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	squash	squash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
19	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sieve** *in a quote* | can | I | the sugar outta |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | squash |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | 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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Sieves are only for flour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t2:o1:1
# text = Sieves are only for flour
1	Sieves	sieve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sieves |  |  |  |  | for flour | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sugar would block the holes in the sieve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t2:o2:1
# text = The sugar would block the holes in the sieve
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | would | the sugar | the holes |  | the sieve |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Patient in sieve=Location |

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

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Dissolved sugar is too small to be caught, add water instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t2:o3:1
# text = Dissolved sugar is too small to be caught, add water instead
1	Dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Dissolved sugar |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive · passive | Dissolved sugar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | water |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You can, but only with a wooden sieve that has very small holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t2:o4:1
# text = You can, but only with a wooden sieve that has very small holes
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a wooden sieve | small holes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

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