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title: gonna test which paper towel soaks up most, what do i keep the same — Being a scientist — fair tests, guesse… · tree and pragmatics
description: gonna test which paper towel soaks up most, what do i keep the same Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gonna test which paper towel soaks up most, what do i keep the same

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paper towel, i · **What happens:** soak up, keep · **To what, where:** gonna test

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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/91-being-a-scientist/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t11:1
# text = gonna test which paper towel soaks up most, what do i keep the same
1	gonna	gonna	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | paper towel | gonna test |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent which=Source |
| 2 | **keep** | present · do-support | i | gonna test |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme same=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only the time of day you test

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t11:o1:1
# text = Only the time of day you test
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	test	test	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present | you |  |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everything except the kind of paper towel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t11:o2:1
# text = Everything except the kind of paper towel
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	except	except	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, just change everything at once and see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t11:o3:1
# text = Nothing, just change everything at once and see
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | infinitive | Nothing | everything |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the colour of the paper towels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t11:o4:1
# text = Only the colour of the paper towels
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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