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description: A gardener pours a jug of water on two pots. The water runs out of one pot almost at once but stays on top of the other for a long time. Which pot has clay soil? Test 1 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · Soil and what lives in it

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A gardener pours a jug of water on two pots. The water runs out of one pot almost at once but stays on top of the other for a long time. Which pot has clay soil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gardener, water, pot · **What happens:** pour, run, stay, have · **To what, where:** jug, two pots, one pot, top, clay soil

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This is test 1 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» 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/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A gardener pours a jug of water on two pots.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:1
# text = A gardener pours a jug of water on two pots.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | a gardener | a jug of water |  | two pots |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=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.

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*Sentence 2:* The water runs out of one pot almost at once but stays on top of the other for a long time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:2
# text = The water runs out of one pot almost at once but stays on top of the other for a long time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	nmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the water |  |  | one pot |  | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out pot=Trajectory |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the water *not said here* |  |  | top of the other | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location |

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*Sentence 3:* Which pot has clay soil?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:3
# text = Which pot has clay soil?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | which pot | clay soil |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The one where the water runs out at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:o1:1
# text = The one where the water runs out at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither, because clay lets water through fastest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:o2:1
# text = Neither, because clay lets water through fastest
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	clay	clay	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	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | clay | water |  | fastest |  | neither *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both have clay soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:o3:1
# text = Both have clay soil
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Both | clay soil |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The one where the water stays on top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t1:o4:1
# text = The one where the water stays on top
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the water |  |  | top |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location |

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