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title: Your friend says: "A magnet will pull all the cans out of the recycl… — Separating mixtures · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend says: "A magnet will pull all the cans out of the recycling." Is that right? Test 1 of lesson 8 «Separating mixtures» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · Separating mixtures

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Your friend says: "A magnet will pull all the cans out of the recycling." Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, magnet, that · **What happens:** say, pull, be · **To what, where:** cans, recycling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Separating mixtures» 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/8-separating-mixtures/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says: "A magnet will pull all the cans out of the recycling."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:1
# text = Your friend says: "A magnet will pull all the cans out of the recycling."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pull** *in a quote* | future | a magnet | all cans |  | the recycling |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent can=Theme out recycling=Initial\_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:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, magnets only pick up gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:o1:1
# text = No, magnets only pick up gold
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | present | magnets | gold |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if the cans are wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:o2:1
# text = Only if the cans are wet
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the cans |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, every can is magnetic, whatever metal it is made of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, every can is magnetic, whatever metal it is made of
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can |  |  |  |  |  | magnetic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | whatever metal |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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

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Only steel cans, aluminium cans are not attracted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t1:o4:1
# text = Only steel cans, aluminium cans are not attracted
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	attracted	attract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **attract** | present · passive |  | steel cans and aluminium cans |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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