Test 3 · The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts

«book says stomach acid can melt metal, so why ain't my belly melting» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, stomach acid, ai, belly, answer · What happens: say, melt, not belly, be · To what, where: metal, belly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» 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	_	3 says	punct
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acid	compound
5	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 melt	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 melt	aux
7	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 melt	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 belly	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 belly	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 belly	advmod
12	ai	ai	X	Foreign=Yes	15 belly	nsubj
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 belly	advmod
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 belly	nmod:poss
15	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
16	melting	melt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 belly	acl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 melting	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 melting	obl
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 What	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	book		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	melt in a quote	can	stomach acid	metal	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient metal=Result
3	not belly in a quote		ai		tree rules
4	melt in a quote	gerund	my belly not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	is a	present	the answer	my belly	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 · ← Mova's choice

The book is wrong, because stomach acid is really just as weak as plain water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrong	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 weak	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 weak	mark
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acid	compound
8	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 weak	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 weak	cop
10	really	really	ADV	_	13 weak	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 weak	advmod
12	as	as	ADV	_	13 weak	advmod
13	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wrong	conj
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 water	case
15	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 water	amod
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 weak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the book					wrong property	tree rules
2	is	present	stomach acid					as plain water; weak property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A thick layer of slime protects the stomach, and the lining renews every few days

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 layer	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 layer	amod
3	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 protects	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 slime	case
5	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 layer	nmod
6	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stomach	det
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 protects	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 renews	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 renews	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lining	det
12	lining	lining	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 renews	nsubj
13	renews	renew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 protects	conj
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 days	det
15	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 renews	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	a thick layer of slime	the stomach					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Beneficiary
2	renew	present	the lining				day		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The stomach is lined with metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stomach	det
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lined	aux:pass
4	lined	line	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 metal	case
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	line	present · passive		the stomach				with metal	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with metal=Theme

Option 4

Acid only works when you sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 sleep	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 sleep	nsubj
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 works	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Acid						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	present	you						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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