Test 6 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich
ugh, imagine the stomach acid melting your whole tummy. why doesn't it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stomach acid · What happens: imagine, melt, not do · To what, where: stomach acid, whole tummy, tummy
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Digestion: the journey of a sandwich» 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 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 3 imagine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ugh | punct |
| 3 | imagine | imagine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 acid | det |
| 5 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 acid | compound |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 imagine | obj |
| 7 | melting | melt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 acid | acl |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 tummy | nmod:poss |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tummy | amod |
| 10 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 melting | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 imagine | punct |
| 12 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 does | advmod |
| 13 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 imagine | advcl |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 does | advmod |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 does | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 imagine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imagine | imperative | you not said here | the stomach acid | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acid=Theme | ||||
| 2 | melt | gerund | the stomach acid not said here | your whole tummy | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tummy=Result | ||||
| 3 | not do | present | you not said here | tummy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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
The acid only switches on at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 acid | det |
| 2 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switches | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 switches | advmod |
| 4 | switches | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 switches | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switches | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch on | present | the acid | night | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The acid is just water so it cannot melt anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 acid | det |
| 2 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 water | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 water | advmod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 melt | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 melt | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 melt | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 melt | advmod |
| 10 | melt | melt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 water | acl |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 melt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the acid | water | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not melt | can | acid | anything | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient anything=Result |
Option 3
The stomach is made of steel lol
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 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 steel | case |
| 6 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the stomach | of steel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A layer of mucus protects the stomach lining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 layer | det |
| 2 | layer | layer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 mucus | case |
| 4 | mucus | mucus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 layer | nmod |
| 5 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lining | det |
| 7 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lining | compound |
| 8 | lining | lining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | a layer of mucus | the stomach lining | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lining=Beneficiary |
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