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title: You tie a clear plastic bag over a leafy branch on a sunny day. Late… — The water cycle · tree and pragmatics
description: You tie a clear plastic bag over a leafy branch on a sunny day. Later there are drops of water inside. Why? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 14 «The water cycle» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · The water cycle

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You tie a clear plastic bag over a leafy branch on a sunny day. Later there are drops of water inside. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, drops · **What happens:** tie, be · **To what, where:** clear plastic bag, leafy branch

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 14 «The water cycle» 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/14-the-water-cycle/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You tie a clear plastic bag over a leafy branch on a sunny day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:1
# text = You tie a clear plastic bag over a leafy branch on a sunny day.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	leafy	leafy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | You | a clear plastic bag |  | a leafy branch | day |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |

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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:* Later there are drops of water inside.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:2
# text = Later there are drops of water inside.
1	Later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | drops of water |  |  | there |  | inside, late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The plastic made the water itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:o1:1
# text = The plastic made the water itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the plastic | the water |  |  |  | plastic *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The leaves gave off vapour that condensed on the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:o2:1
# text = The leaves gave off vapour that condensed on the bag
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	condensed	condense	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | past | the leaves | vapour |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source vapour=Theme |
| 2 | **condense** | past | vapour |  |  | the bag |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dew from the morning soaked through the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:o3:1
# text = Dew from the morning soaked through the bag
1	Dew	dew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle |  | Dew from the morning *not said here* |  | the bag |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rain got in through the plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t6:o4:1
# text = Rain got in through the plastic
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get in** | past | Rain |  |  | the plastic |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through plastic=Destination |

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