Test 2 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin
In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth. What is really happening when we eat chilli?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dragon, real flames, we · What happens: eat, shoot, happen · To what, where: chilli, cartoon, mouth
This is test 2 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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: In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | nsubj |
| 6 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chilli | det |
| 8 | chilli | chilli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 shoot | cc |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 flames | amod |
| 11 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 shoot | nsubj |
| 12 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 eats | conj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 mouth | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 mouth | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 16 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shoot | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | a dragon | a chilli | a cartoon | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chilli=Patient | |||
| 2 | shoot | present | real flames | dragon's mouth | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out mouth=Destination |
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 is really happening when we eat chilli?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happening | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happening | advmod |
| 4 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 eat | mark |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happening | advcl |
| 8 | chilli | chilli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eat | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | eat | present | we | chilli | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chilli=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Chillies are full of tiny sparks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 full | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 full | cop |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sparks | case |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sparks | amod |
| 6 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Chillies | of tiny sparks; full property | tree rules |
Option 2
Chillies make the stomach catch fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fire | det |
| 4 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 catch | compound |
| 5 | catch | catch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fire | compound |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Chillies | the catch fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |
Option 3
Chillies really heat the mouth up to the temperature of boiling water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chillies | chilli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heat | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 heat | advmod |
| 3 | heat | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouth | det |
| 5 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heat | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 heat | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 temperature | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 temperature | det |
| 9 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heat | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 11 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 water | compound |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 temperature | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat up | present | Chillies | the mouth | to the temperature of boiling water result | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient to temperature=Result |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Capsaicin tricks heat sensors, so it feels hot but nothing burns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capsaicin | capsaicin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tricks | compound |
| 2 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heat | nsubj |
| 3 | heat | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sensors | sensor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heat | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 feels | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 feels | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 feels | nsubj |
| 8 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 heat | conj |
| 9 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feels | xcomp |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 burns | cc |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 burns | nsubj |
| 12 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 heat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat | present | Capsaicin tricks | sensors | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | it | hot property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | burn | present | nothing | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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