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title: Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windows… — Evaporation and condensation · tree and pragmatics
description: Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard. What happens? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 1 · ★ · Evaporation and condensation

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Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard. What happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** leave out, happen · **To what, where:** Two equal saucers

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» of the world 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/world/13-evaporation-condensation/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:1
# text = Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	saucers	saucer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	parataxis	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · passive |  | Two equal saucers of water |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* What happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:2
# text = What happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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The one in the window dries first, because warmth speeds evaporation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:o1:1
# text = The one in the window dries first, because warmth speeds evaporation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	speeds	speed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | the one in the window |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **speed** | present | warmth | evaporation |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evaporation=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The one in the cupboard dries first, because darkness draws water out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:o2:1
# text = The one in the cupboard dries first, because darkness draws water out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | the one in the cupboard |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **draw out** | present | darkness | water |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither dries, because water only leaves when it boils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:o3:1
# text = Neither dries, because water only leaves when it boils
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | Neither |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **boil** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both dry at the same time, because they hold the same water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:t1:o4:1
# text = Both dry at the same time, because they hold the same water
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | they | the same water |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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