--- title: Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". What else holds… — Oil and water, and things that won't mix · tree and pragmatics description: Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". What else holds it together? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 7 «Oil and water, and things that won't mix» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Oil and water, and things that won't mix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". What else holds it together? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little sister, mayonnaise · **What happens:** think, be, hold · **To what, where:** oil, mayonnaise · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 7 «Oil and water, and things that won't mix» 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/7-oil-and-water/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:1 # text = Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 mayonnaise mayonnaise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your little sister | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mayonnaise | oil | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What else holds it together? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:2 # text = What else holds it together? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 else else ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | | mayonnaise | | | | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Egg yolk, whose molecules sit around each oil droplet ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:o1:1 # text = Egg yolk, whose molecules sit around each oil droplet 1 Egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 yolk yolk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 molecules molecule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 9 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 droplet droplet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | Egg yolk | | | each oil droplet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around droplet=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Glue made from vinegar ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:o2:1 # text = Glue made from vinegar 1 Glue glue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 vinegar vinegar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | participle | | Glue *not said here* | | vinegar | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from vinegar=Material | ### Option 3 {#o3} Frozen water from the fridge, which keeps the oil in place ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:o3:1 # text = Frozen water from the fridge, which keeps the oil in place 1 Frozen frozen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Frozen water from the fridge | the oil | | place | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oil=Theme in place=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lots of sugar ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t10:o4:1 # text = Lots of sugar 1 Lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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