Test 12 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…
A sign on a carton says «UHT». What can you say about the milk before it is opened?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign, you · What happens: say, open · To what, where: UHT, milk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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
Sentence 1: A sign on a carton says «UHT».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 carton | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 carton | det |
| 5 | carton | carton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sign | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 UHT | punct |
| 8 | UHT | uht | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 UHT | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a sign on a carton | UHT | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent uht=Topic |
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 can you say about the milk before it is opened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 milk | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 milk | det |
| 7 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obl |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 opened | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 opened | aux:pass |
| 11 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 say | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | you | about the milk | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 2 | open | present · passive | milk | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is milk from a camel
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 milk | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 milk | cop |
| 3 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 camel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 camel | det |
| 6 | camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 milk | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | milk | a camel | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It can keep for months on a shelf
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 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 keep | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 shelf | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shelf | det |
| 8 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | can | It | a shelf | month | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location |
Option 3
It has had all its water taken out
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | aux |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 water | det:predet |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 water | nmod:poss |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 had | xcomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 taken | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | It | its water | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take out | participle | its water not said here | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It must be drunk within a day
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 | 4 drunk | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 drunk | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 drunk | aux:pass |
| 4 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drunk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | must · passive | It | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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