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title: Your cousin pours ground coffee into hot water and wonders why it is… — Mixing and dissolving · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin pours ground coffee into hot water and wonders why it is gritty. What is the reason? Test 5 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

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Your cousin pours ground coffee into hot water and wonders why it is gritty. What is the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, reason · **What happens:** pour, wonder, be · **To what, where:** ground coffee, hot water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin pours ground coffee into hot water and wonders why it is gritty.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:1
# text = Your cousin pours ground coffee into hot water and wonders why it is gritty.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wonders	wonder	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	gritty	gritty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | Your cousin | ground coffee |  | hot water |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent coffee=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present | Your cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | gritty *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:2
# text = What is the reason?
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	4	det	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He used too little water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:o1:1
# text = He used too little water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | little water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ground coffee only dissolves properly in water that is ice cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:o2:1
# text = Ground coffee only dissolves properly in water that is ice cold
1	Ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | present | Ground coffee |  |  | water |  | properly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | water |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ground coffee does not fully dissolve, it needs a filter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:o3:1
# text = Ground coffee does not fully dissolve, it needs a filter
1	Ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	filter	filter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dissolve** | present · do-support | Ground coffee |  |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | present | coffee | a filter |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot filter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cup was not stirred clockwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t5:o4:1
# text = The cup was not stirred clockwise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stirred	stir	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	clockwise	clockwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stir** | past · passive |  | the cup |  |  |  | clockwise *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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