Test 2 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…
«my mate says chillies actually burn ur mouth like fire, it's real heat» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, chillies, real heat · What happens: say, burn, be · To what, where: mouth, real heat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» of the biology 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 burn | nsubj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 burn | advmod |
| 7 | burn | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 burn | obj |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 fire | case |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 burn | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 heat | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 heat | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 heat | cop |
| 15 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 heat | amod |
| 16 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 burn | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 heat | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 heat | acl:relcl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burn in a quote | present | chillies | ur's mouth | like fire; actually property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | mate | real heat | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | real heat | right property | tree rules |
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
Option 1
Yes, that is why chillies are red
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 why | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 why | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 why | cop |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 6 | chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 red | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 red | cop |
| 8 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 why | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | chillies | red property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, chillies are cold inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 cold | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | chillies | cold, inside property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, chillies really heat your mouth up to about 100 degrees, like a kettle
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 chillies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 heat | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 heat | advmod |
| 5 | heat | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heat | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 heat | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 degrees | case |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 100 | advmod |
| 11 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 degrees | nummod |
| 12 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 heat | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 kettle | punct |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 kettle | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 kettle | det |
| 16 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat up | present | chillies | your mouth | to 100 degrees result | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient to degree=Result |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, capsaicin only tricks the pain sensors into feeling heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 capsaicin | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | capsaicin | capsaicin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tricks | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 tricks | advmod |
| 5 | tricks | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sensors | det |
| 7 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sensors | compound |
| 8 | sensors | sensor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tricks | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 heat | case |
| 10 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 heat | compound |
| 11 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tricks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present | capsaicin | the pain sensors | into feeling heat result | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient into heat=Result |
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