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title: Leo says the drops on a cold glass leak through from inside. true? — Clever reasoning about water and matter · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says the drops on a cold glass leak through from inside. true? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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 · ★★★ · Clever reasoning about water and matter

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Leo says the drops on a cold glass leak through from inside. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, drops · **What happens:** say, leak · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t12:1
# text = Leo says the drops on a cold glass leak through from inside. true?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	leak	leak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	through	through	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leak** | present | the drops on a cold glass |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from inside=Source |

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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}

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Yes, cold glass lets water through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, cold glass lets water through
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	through	through	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | cold glass | water |  |  |  | through *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the drink sweats through tiny holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, the drink sweats through tiny holes
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	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sweats	sweat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweat** | present | the drink |  |  | tiny holes |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Location |

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

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No, they come from water vapour in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t12:o3:1
# text = No, they come from water vapour in the air
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	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | they |  |  | water vapour in the air |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from vapour=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, they come from the ice melting outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t12:o4:1
# text = No, they come from the ice melting outside
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	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | they |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ice=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **melt** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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