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title: Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink. What's the risk? — Oil and water, and things that won't mix · tree and pragmatics
description: Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink. What's the risk? Test 6 · ★ 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink. What's the risk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gran, risk · **What happens:** pour, be · **To what, where:** bacon fat

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:1
# text = Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bacon	bacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | Your gran | bacon fat |  |  |  | down the sink | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |

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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's the risk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:2
# text = What's the risk?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	risk	risk	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 risk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It cleans the pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:o1:1
# text = It cleans the pipes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleans	clean	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	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | It | the pipes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It sets in the pipes and helps build blockages called fatbergs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:o2:1
# text = It sets in the pipes and helps build blockages called fatbergs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
9	blockages	blockage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	fatbergs	fatberg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | present | It |  |  | the pipes |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pipe=Destination |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **build** | infinitive |  | blockages |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blockage=Product |
| 4 | **call** | participle | blockages *not said here* | fatbergs |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It helps the pipes stay warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:o3:1
# text = It helps the pipes stay warm
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	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	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the pipes |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It turns into water once it reaches the drain under the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t6:o4:1
# text = It turns into water once it reaches the drain under the street
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | water |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **reach** | present | water | the drain |  | the street |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent drain=Theme |

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