Test 4 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime
In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect. What would usually go wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, dragon · What happens: make, come out, go · To what, where: solid brick dragon, cartoon, kiln
This is test 4 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» of the arts 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.
The question
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a boy makes a solid clay brick dragon and it comes out of the kiln perfect.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | nsubj |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dragon | det |
| 9 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dragon | amod |
| 10 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 brick | compound |
| 11 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dragon | compound |
| 12 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 comes | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 comes | nsubj |
| 15 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 makes | conj |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 kiln | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 kiln | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kiln | det |
| 19 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 comes | obl |
| 20 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 comes | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a boy | a solid brick dragon | a cartoon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Product | |||
| 2 | come out | present | dragon | the kiln | perfect property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient kiln=Result |
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 would usually go wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | would | usually, wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Thick clay can crack in the kiln
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 clay | amod |
| 2 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crack | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 crack | aux |
| 4 | crack | crack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kiln | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kiln | det |
| 7 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crack | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | can | Thick clay | the kiln | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kiln=Location |
Option 2
It would turn to glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 glass | mark |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | It | glass | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme glass=Result |
Option 3
Nothing at all, because solid clay is always the strongest kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kind | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 kind | mark |
| 6 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 clay | amod |
| 7 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kind | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 kind | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 kind | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kind | det |
| 11 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 kind | amod |
| 12 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | solid clay | the strongest kind | always property | tree rules |
Option 4
The dragon would melt into a puddle of clay on the kiln shelf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 melt | aux |
| 4 | melt | melt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 puddle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 puddle | det |
| 7 | puddle | puddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 clay | case |
| 9 | clay | clay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 puddle | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 shelf | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 shelf | det |
| 12 | kiln | kiln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shelf | compound |
| 13 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | would | the dragon | a puddle of clay | on the kiln shelf | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into puddle=Product |
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