--- title: A boy spills steel paper clips into a bowl of rice. How can he get t… — Mixtures and how to separate them · tree and pragmatics description: A boy spills steel paper clips into a bowl of rice. How can he get them out quickly? Test 2 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/19-mixtures-and-separating/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Mixtures and how to separate them](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/19-mixtures-and-separating/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them A boy spills steel paper clips into a bowl of rice. How can he get them out quickly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, steel paper, paper · **What happens:** spill, clip, get out · **To what, where:** them This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy spills steel paper clips into a bowl of rice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:1 # text = A boy spills steel paper clips into a bowl of rice. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spills spill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 clips clip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spill** | present | a boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **clip** | present | steel paper | | | | | into a bowl of rice | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into bowl=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* How can he get them out quickly? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:2 # text = How can he get them out quickly? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | can | paper | them *= they* | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Boil the rice until it is soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:o1:1 # text = Boil the rice until it is soft 1 Boil boil VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rice | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rice=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | rice | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pour in water and filter it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:o2:1 # text = Pour in water and filter it 1 Pour pour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 filter filter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | water | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **filter** | infinitive | you *not said here* | water | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Use a magnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:o3:1 # text = Use a magnet 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a magnet | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dissolve the rice in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t2:o4:1 # text = Dissolve the rice in water 1 Dissolve dissolve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissolve** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rice | | water | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient | **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. 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