Test 3 · What is everything made of?
"If atoms are mostly empty space, why can't I walk through the wall, huh?" Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: atoms, I · What happens: be, not walk · To what, where: empty space, wall
This is test 3 of lesson 1 «What is everything made of?» of the chemistry 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: "If atoms are mostly empty space, why can't I walk through the wall, huh?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 space | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 atoms | mark |
| 3 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 space | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 space | cop |
| 5 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 7 space | advmod |
| 6 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 space | amod |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 walk | punct |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 walk | advmod |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 walk | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 walk | advmod |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 walk | nsubj |
| 13 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 space | acl:relcl |
| 14 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 wall | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wall | det |
| 16 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 walk | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 huh | punct |
| 18 | huh | huh | INTJ | _ | 13 walk | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 space | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 space | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | atoms | empty space | mostly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not walk in a quote | can | I | the wall | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wall=Trajectory |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The empty space is filled with glue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 space | det |
| 2 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 space | amod |
| 3 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 filled | aux:pass |
| 5 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 glue | case |
| 7 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 filled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present · passive | the empty space | with glue | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with glue=Instrument |
Option 2
You could, if you ran at it fast enough and slipped between them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | aux |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 ran | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ran | obl |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 ran | advmod |
| 10 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 ran | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 slipped | cc |
| 12 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ran | conj |
| 13 | between | between | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 slipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | could | You | it | enough, fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | slip | past | You not said here | between them = they | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Electrons in you and the wall push each other away hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrons | electron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 push | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 you | case |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Electrons | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wall | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 you | conj |
| 7 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 7 push | obj |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 push | advmod |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 push | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push away | present | Electrons in you | each | away, hard property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Walls are the only thing not made of atoms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 made | advmod |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 atoms | case |
| 9 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Walls | the only thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not make | participle | the only thing not said here | of atoms | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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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