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# Test 7 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix

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In a tower of honey, water and oil, a grape sinks through oil and water and rests on the honey. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grape · **What happens:** sink, rest · **To what, where:** tower, honey

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a tower of honey, water and oil, a grape sinks through oil and water and rests on the honey.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:1
# text = In a tower of honey, water and oil, a grape sinks through oil and water and rests on the honey.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grape	grape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | a grape |  |  | a tower of honey and water and oil |  | through oil and water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **rest** | present | a grape *not said here* |  |  | the honey |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on honey=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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Grapes always sink to the very bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:o1:1
# text = Grapes always sink to the very bottom
1	Grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | Grapes |  |  |  |  | to the bottom; always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The grape is sticky, and the honey grabs it and holds it on top

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:o2:1
# text = The grape is sticky, and the honey grabs it and holds it on top
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grape	grape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the grape |  |  |  |  | sticky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | present | the honey | grape |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **hold** | present | the grape *not said here* | grape |  | top |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on top=Location |

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

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The grape is denser than water and oil but less dense than honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:o3:1
# text = The grape is denser than water and oil but less dense than honey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grape	grape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	denser	dense	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the grape |  |  |  |  | than water and oil; dense *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the grape *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than honey; less *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The grape is lighter than oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:7-oil-and-water:t7:o4:1
# text = The grape is lighter than oil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grape	grape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the grape |  |  |  |  | than oil; light *property* | tree rules |

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