--- title: "colander, sieve, tea bag, coffee filter, what's the same about 'em"… — Separating mixtures · tree and pragmatics description: "colander, sieve, tea bag, coffee filter, what's the same about 'em" Best answer? Test 10 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/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/) / [Separating mixtures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/) / t10 # Test 10 · Separating mixtures "colander, sieve, tea bag, coffee filter, what's the same about 'em" Best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** colander · **What happens:** be This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t10:1 # text = "colander, sieve, tea bag, coffee filter, what's the same about 'em" Best answer? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 colander colander NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sieve sieve NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | colander and sieve and tea bag and coffee filter | | | | | about 'em *= they*; same *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They are all filters that let small bits through ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t10:o1:1 # text = They are all filters that let small bits through 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 filters filter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | all filters | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | present | all filters | small bits | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They all dissolve whatever is put in them, so it can pass through ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t10:o2:1 # text = They all dissolve whatever is put in them, so it can pass through 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 dissolve dissolve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 through through ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissolve** | present | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | present · passive | | whatever | | | | in them *= they* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in they=Destination | | 3 | **pass through** | can | it | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They all use magnets ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t10:o3:1 # text = They all use magnets 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 magnets magnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | They | magnets | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They all heat things up ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t10:o4:1 # text = They all heat things up 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 heat heat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat up** | present | They | things | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | **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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