Test 10 · ★★ · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…

«you put the onion in the fridge first, why» What does it do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, onion · What happens: put, do · To what, where: onion, fridge

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» 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 put	punct
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 onion	det
5	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fridge	det
8	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 put	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 put	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 do	obj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 do	aux
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 do	nsubj
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 put	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	past	you	the onion		the fridge		first property	tree rules
2	do	present · do-support	onion						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 right answer

Chilling slows the stinging gas, so fewer tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chilling	chilling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slows	nsubj
2	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gas	det
4	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gas	amod
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slows	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tears	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 fewer	advmod
8	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 tears	amod
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	Chilling	the stinging gas				fewer tears obl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gas=Patient
2	sting	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It keeps flies off it

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	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	flies				off it	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme

Option 3

It kills the onion

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	2 kills	nsubj
2	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 onion	det
4	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	It	the onion					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent onion=Theme

Option 4

It makes the onion sweeter

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 onion	det
4	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the onion				sweet property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material onion=Product

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