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What must she add to evaporating it? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** want, add, evaporate · **To what, where:** pure water, salty water, water This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl wants pure water from salty water, not just the salt. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:1 # text = A girl wants pure water from salty water, not just the salt. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a girl | pure water | | salty water and the salt | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | 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:* What must she add to evaporating it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:2 # text = What must she add to evaporating it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 evaporating evaporate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | must | girl | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **evaporate** | gerund | girl *not said here* | water | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A piece of filter paper to catch the salt as it boils ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:o1:1 # text = A piece of filter paper to catch the salt as it boils 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 filter filter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 boils boil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive | a piece of filter paper | the salt | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme | | 2 | **boil** | present | piece | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A cold surface to catch the vapour and condense it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:o2:1 # text = A cold surface to catch the vapour and condense it 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 vapour vapour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 condense condense VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive | | the vapour | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vapour=Theme | | 2 | **condense** | infinitive | | vapour | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} A strong magnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:o3:1 # text = A strong magnet 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} More salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:19-mixtures-and-separating:t8:o4:1 # text = More salt 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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