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title: "chucked a whole sugar cube in, still there after ages, dunno why" W… — Mixing and dissolving · tree and pragmatics
description: "chucked a whole sugar cube in, still there after ages, dunno why" What would speed it up? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

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"chucked a whole sugar cube in, still there after ages, dunno why" What would speed it up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** chuck in, speed up · **To what, where:** whole sugar cube, dunno

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t7:1
# text = "chucked a whole sugar cube in, still there after ages, dunno why" What would speed it up?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cube	cube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	dunno	dunno	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	speed	speed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck in** *in a quote* | past |  | a whole sugar cube |  | there | after ages |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cube=Theme |
| 2 | **speed up** | would |  | dunno |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Use colder water and wait a lot longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t7:o1:1
# text = Use colder water and wait a lot longer
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | colder water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a lot |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Put a lid on the cup to keep the heat in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t7:o2:1
# text = Put a lid on the cup to keep the heat in
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a lid |  | the cup |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme on cup=Destination |
| 2 | **keep in** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the heat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

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

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Crush it, use hotter water and stir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t7:o3:1
# text = Crush it, use hotter water and stir
1	Crush	crush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stir	stir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | hotter water and stir |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drop in a few more sugar cubes to help it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t7:o4:1
# text = Drop in a few more sugar cubes to help it
1	Drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | Drop |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

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