--- title: Seawater is left in a dish in the hot sunshine. Later there is a whi… — Mixtures and how to separate them · tree and pragmatics description: Seawater is left in a dish in the hot sunshine. Later there is a white crust. Why? Test 3 · ★★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Mixtures and how to separate them Seawater is left in a dish in the hot sunshine. Later there is a white crust. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** white crust · **What happens:** leave, be · **To what, where:** Seawater, dish This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Seawater is left in a dish in the hot sunshine. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:1 # text = Seawater is left in a dish in the hot sunshine. 1 Seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | Seawater | | a dish | | in the hot sunshine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in dish=Location | 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:* Later there is a white crust. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:2 # text = Later there is a white crust. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 crust crust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a white crust | | | there | | late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Sun turned the water white ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:o1:1 # text = The Sun turned the water white 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn 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 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the Sun | the water | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The dish made salt of its own ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:o2:1 # text = The dish made salt of its own 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the dish | salt of dish's own | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material salt=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Frost formed on the dish ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:o3:1 # text = Frost formed on the dish 1 Frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | participle | | Frost *not said here* | | the dish | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dish=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The water evaporated and left the salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t3:o4:1 # text = The water evaporated and left the salt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 evaporated evaporate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evaporate** | past | the water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | the water *not said here* | the salt | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme | **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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