Test 5 · ★★★ · The candle and what burning is
In a cartoon, a camper brings a glowing barbecue into the tent "to keep warm". What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: camper · What happens: bring, glow, keep, be · To what, where: glowing barbecue, cartoon
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, a camper brings a glowing barbecue into the tent "to keep warm".
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 | 7 brings | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 camper | det |
| 6 | camper | camper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brings | nsubj |
| 7 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 barbecue | det |
| 9 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 barbecue | amod |
| 10 | barbecue | barbecue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brings | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 tent | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tent | det |
| 13 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brings | obl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 tent | punct |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 keep | mark |
| 16 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 brings | advcl |
| 17 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 keep | xcomp |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 keep | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 brings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | a camper | a glowing barbecue | a cartoon | into the tent | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent barbecue=Theme into tent=Destination | ||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | to-infinitive | a camper not said here | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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.
Sentence 2: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The tent would get too cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tent | det |
| 2 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 cold | advmod |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the tent | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The charcoal would go out at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 charcoal | det |
| 2 | charcoal | charcoal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | would | the charcoal | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, which can kill silently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charcoal | charcoal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 gives | compound:prt |
| 4 | carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 monoxide | compound |
| 5 | monoxide | monoxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 kill | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 kill | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 kill | aux |
| 9 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 monoxide | acl:relcl |
| 10 | silently | silently | ADV | _ | 9 kill | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give off | present | Charcoal | carbon monoxide | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source monoxide=Theme | ||||
| 2 | kill | can | carbon monoxide | silently property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nothing, it is a great way to stay warm on a cold night in the woods
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 way | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 way | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 stay | mark |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 way | acl |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stay | xcomp |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 night | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 night | det |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 night | amod |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stay | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 woods | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 woods | det |
| 17 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | a great way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | the woods | night | warm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |
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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