--- title: What would happen if you tried to filter salt out of salty water wit… — Separating mixtures · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you tried to filter salt out of salty water with a coffee filter? Test 2 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · Separating mixtures What would happen if you tried to filter salt out of salty water with a coffee filter? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, try, filter · **To what, where:** salt, salty water This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t2:1 # text = What would happen if you tried to filter salt out of salty water with a coffee filter? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 filter filter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **filter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | salt | | salty water | | with a coffee filter | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent salt=Theme out water=Initial\_Location | 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 {#o1} The salt would be caught and stay behind in the filter ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t2:o1:1 # text = The salt would be caught and stay behind in the filter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | would · passive | | the salt | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | | | | the filter | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in filter=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The water would stay in the filter ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t2:o2:1 # text = The water would stay in the filter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | the water | | | the filter | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in filter=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The salt would pass straight through, dissolved ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t2:o3:1 # text = The salt would pass straight through, dissolved 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 through through ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | would | the salt | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dissolve** | participle | the salt *not said here* | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The salt would turn into sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t2:o4:1 # text = The salt would turn into sand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | the salt | | | sand | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sand=Trajectory | **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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