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title: Mia says oil n water mix if u shake hard enough and stay mixed. right? — Mixtures and how to separate them · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia says oil n water mix if u shake hard enough and stay mixed. right? Test 13 · ★★ 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 13 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them

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Mia says oil n water mix if u shake hard enough and stay mixed. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, u · **What happens:** say, shake, stay, mix · **To what, where:** oil water mix · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t13:1
# text = Mia says oil n water mix if u shake hard enough and stay mixed. right?
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	n	n	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shake	shake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | oil water mix |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mix=Topic |
| 2 | **shake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u |  |  |  |  | enough, hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | u *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mix** | participle | u *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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No, they separate again and the oil floats on top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t13:o1:1
# text = No, they separate again and the oil floats on top
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	separate	separate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **separate** | present | they |  |  |  | again |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **float** | present | the oil |  |  | top |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the oil dissolves after a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, the oil dissolves after a while
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | present | the oil |  |  |  | while |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, shaking makes them one liquid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, shaking makes them one liquid
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary liquid=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the water floats on top of the oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t13:o4:1
# text = No, the water floats on top of the oil
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | the water |  |  | top of the oil |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory |

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