Test 5 · ★★ · Cooking is chemistry

"why does cutting onions make me cry but the whole onion in the bag doesn't" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: me, whole onion · What happens: do, cut, make, cry, not do · To what, where: onions, me, Best answer

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Cooking is chemistry» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 does	advmod
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
4	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 does	advcl
5	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cutting	obj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 does	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 onion	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 onion	amod
12	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 does	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bag	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bag	det
15	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 onion	nmod
16	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 does	advmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 answer	punct
19	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 does	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do in a quote	present			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cut in a quote	gerund		onions	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset onion=Product
3	make in a quote	present		me	tree rules
4	cry speech: express in a quote	infinitive	me not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not do in a quote	present	the whole onion in the bag	Best answer	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Whole onions are always kept frozen in the shop, so they cannot sting

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 onions	amod
2	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 kept	advmod
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kept	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frozen	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sting	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 sting	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sting	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sting	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 sting	advmod
15	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		Whole onions		always property	tree rules
2	freeze	participle	Whole onions not said here		the shop		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not sting	can	onions = onion				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The stinging chemicals are made only when the onion is cut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chemicals	det
2	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 chemicals	amod
3	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	11 cut	advmod
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 cut	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 onion	det
9	onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cut	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cut	aux:pass
11	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	sting	gerund		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	make	present · passive	the stinging chemicals	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	cut	present · passive	the onion	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Bags soak up all the smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 soak	nsubj
2	soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 soak	compound:prt
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 smell	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 smell	det
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soak	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	Bags	all smell					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent smell=Source

Option 4

Your eyes only see cut onions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 onions	compound
6	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Your eyes	cut onions					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer onion=Stimulus

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