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title: Effervescent vitamin tablets fizz in water. What do they have in com… — Mixing and dissolving · tree and pragmatics
description: Effervescent vitamin tablets fizz in water. What do they have in common with a bath bomb? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving

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Effervescent vitamin tablets fizz in water. What do they have in common with a bath bomb?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Effervescent vitamin tablets, tablets · **What happens:** fizz, have · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Effervescent vitamin tablets fizz in water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:1
# text = Effervescent vitamin tablets fizz in water.
1	Effervescent	effervescent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fizz	fizz	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fizz** | present | Effervescent vitamin tablets |  |  | water |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |

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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 do they have in common with a bath bomb?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:2
# text = What do they have in common with a bath bomb?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bomb	bomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | tablets *= tablet* |  |  |  |  | common *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They both contain soap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:o1:1
# text = They both contain soap
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | They | soap |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot soap=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They both are made of sugar only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:o2:1
# text = They both are made of sugar only
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | of sugar | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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

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A dry acid and soda that react once water lets them meet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:o3:1
# text = A dry acid and soda that react once water lets them meet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	react	react	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** | present | a dry acid and soda |  |  |  |  | once water | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | present | a dry acid and soda | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They both have air pumped into them at the factory so they fizz when opened

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:6-mixing-and-dissolving:t9:o4:1
# text = They both have air pumped into them at the factory so they fizz when opened
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	pumped	pump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fizz	fizz	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | air |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient |
| 2 | **pump** | participle |  | air *not said here* |  | the factory |  | into them *= they* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination |
| 3 | **fizz** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **open** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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