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title: Why don't the salt bits rise with the steam from salty water? — Separating mixtures · tree and pragmatics
description: Why don't the salt bits rise with the steam from salty water? Test 9 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.
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# Test 9 · Separating mixtures

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Why don't the salt bits rise with the steam from salty water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** salt bits · **What happens:** not rise · **To what, where:** salty water

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t9:1
# text = Why don't the salt bits rise with the steam from salty water?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rise** | present · do-support | the salt bits |  |  | salty water |  | with the steam | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from water=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Salt does not evaporate at boiling-water temperatures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t9:o1:1
# text = Salt does not evaporate at boiling-water temperatures
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	evaporate	evaporate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **evaporate** | present · do-support | Salt |  |  | water temperatures |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Salt turns into steam first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t9:o2:1
# text = Salt turns into steam first
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Salt |  |  | steam |  | first *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into steam=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Salt is too scared of heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t9:o3:1
# text = Salt is too scared of heat
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heat	heat	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 | Salt |  |  |  |  | of heat; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The salt sticks to the inside of the lid and stays there until it cools

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:8-separating-mixtures:t9:o4:1
# text = The salt sticks to the inside of the lid and stays there until it cools
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | the salt |  |  |  |  | to the inside of the lid | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to inside=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the salt *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cool** | present | salt |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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