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title: my sister says u can get the salt out of salty water with a filter.… — Mixtures and how to separate them · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says u can get the salt out of salty water with a filter. true? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Mixtures and how to separate them» 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them

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my sister says u can get the salt out of salty water with a filter. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, u · **What happens:** say, get · **To what, where:** salt, salty water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Mixtures and how to separate them» 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/19-mixtures-and-separating/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t12:1
# text = my sister says u can get the salt out of salty water with a filter. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	filter	filter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | can | u | the salt |  | salty water |  | with a filter | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salt=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, you need a magnet for salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t12:o1:1
# text = No, you need a magnet for salt
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | you | a magnet |  |  |  | for salt | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot magnet=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a fine filter catches all the salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, a fine filter catches all the salt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	filter	filter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | a fine filter | all salt |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, dissolved salt passes through; evaporate the water instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t12:o3:1
# text = No, dissolved salt passes through; evaporate the water instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	evaporate	evaporate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pass through** | present | dissolved salt |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **evaporate** | infinitive | dissolved salt *not said here* | the water |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you filter it twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, if you filter it twice
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	filter	filter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **filter** | present | you | it |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location |

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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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