Test 2 · ★★★ · The candle and what burning is
The class video says: "The water rises in the jar because exactly the oxygen is used up." What is missing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: class video, water · What happens: say, rise, use up, be · To what, where: jar, oxygen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» 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: The class video says: "The water rises in the jar because exactly the oxygen is used up."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 video | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 video | compound |
| 3 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 rises | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 rises | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rises | nsubj |
| 9 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 jar | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 jar | det |
| 12 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rises | obl |
| 13 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 used | mark |
| 14 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 18 used | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 oxygen | det |
| 16 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 used | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 used | aux:pass |
| 18 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 rises | advcl |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 used | compound:prt |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the class video | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | rise in a quote | present | the water | the jar | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location | ||||
| 3 | use up in a quote | present · passive | the oxygen | exactly property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 missing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 missing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 missing | cop |
| 3 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 missing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | missing property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, that is the whole story and nothing else happens in the jar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 story | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 story | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 story | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 story | amod |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 nothing | cc |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 nothing | advmod |
| 11 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 jar | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 jar | det |
| 14 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the whole story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | Nothing | the jar | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in jar=Location |
Option 2
The jar gets lighter and floats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jar | det |
| 2 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 floats | cc |
| 6 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the jar | light property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | float | present | the jar not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The water is sucked up by the wick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sucked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sucked | aux:pass |
| 4 | sucked | suck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 sucked | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 wick | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wick | det |
| 8 | wick | wick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sucked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck up | present · passive | the wick | the water | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The air also cools and shrinks after the flame goes out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cools | nsubj |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 cools | advmod |
| 4 | cools | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 shrinks | cc |
| 6 | shrinks | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cools | conj |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 goes | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 flame | det |
| 9 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | nsubj |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shrinks | advcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 goes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | present | the air | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | shrink | present | the air not said here | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | go out | present | the flame | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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