--- title: Why does the salad spinner have holes in the inner basket but not th… — Separating mixtures · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the salad spinner have holes in the inner basket but not the outer bowl? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Separating mixtures Why does the salad spinner have holes in the inner basket but not the outer bowl? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** salad spinner · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** holes, inner basket This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t8:1 # text = Why does the salad spinner have holes in the inner basket but not the outer bowl? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 salad salad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 spinner spinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | the salad spinner | holes | | the inner basket but the outer bowl | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient | 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 {#o1} The holes let air dry the leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t8:o1:1 # text = The holes let air dry the leaves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | the holes | air | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dry** | infinitive | air *not said here* | the leaves | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient leaf=Result | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Water escapes the basket and is caught in the bowl ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t8:o2:1 # text = Water escapes the basket and is caught in the bowl 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 escapes escape 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 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | present | Water | the basket | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme basket=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **catch** | present · passive | Water *not said here* | | | the bowl | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} The bowl needs no holes because it is made of plastic ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t8:o3:1 # text = The bowl needs no holes because it is made of plastic 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | the bowl | no holes | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | bowl | | | | of plastic | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Holes make the basket spin much faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t8:o4:1 # text = Holes make the basket spin much faster 1 Holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 spin spin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Holes | the basket spin | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spin=Product | **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; 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