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# Exam question 4 · Oil and water, and things that won't mix

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of cooking fat into domestic drainage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, disposal, domestic drainage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Oil and water, and things that won't mix» 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/7-oil-and-water/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of cooking fat into domestic drainage.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	drainage	drainage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the disposal of cooking fat |  | domestic drainage |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=Experiencer |

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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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It evaporates entirely before reaching the sewer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:e4:o1:1
# text = It evaporates entirely before reaching the sewer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sewer	sewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evaporate** | present | It |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund |  | the sewer |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sewer=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It dissolves harmlessly and completely in the water of the drains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:e4:o2:1
# text = It dissolves harmlessly and completely in the water of the drains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | present | It |  |  | the water of the drains |  | harmlessly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It improves the flow of water through pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:e4:o3:1
# text = It improves the flow of water through pipes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present | It | the flow of water |  | pipes |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flow=Patient |
| 2 | **flow** |  | water |  |  |  |  |  | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It solidifies within pipes and contributes to severe blockages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:e4:o4:1
# text = It solidifies within pipes and contributes to severe blockages
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	solidifies	solidify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	contributes	contribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	blockages	blockage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solidify** | present | It |  |  |  |  | within pipes | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **contribute** | present |  |  | severe blockages |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to blockage=Recipient |

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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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