Test 6 · ★★★ · The candle and what burning is

Your brother says a candle gets shorter because the wax "just melts and drips". What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, candle, wax, truth · What happens: say, get, melt, drip, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Your brother says a candle gets shorter because the wax "just melts and drips".

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 candle	det
5	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 gets	xcomp
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 melts	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wax	det
10	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 melts	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 melts	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 melts	advmod
13	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gets	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 drips	cc
15	drips	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 melts	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 drips	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	a candle	short property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	melt in a quote	present	the wax		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	drip in a quote	present	the wax not said here		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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 the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

All of it melts and drips down onto the table, where you can scrape it off

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 melts	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 All	nmod
4	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drips	cc
6	drips	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 melts	conj
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 drips	advmod
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drips	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 scrape	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 scrape	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 scrape	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 scrape	aux
15	scrape	scrape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 melts	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 scrape	obj
17	off	off	ADP	_	15 scrape	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	melt	present	All				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	drip down	present	All not said here		the table	down property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto table=Location
3	scrape off	can	you	table			vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It sinks into the wick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sinks	nsubj
2	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 wick	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wick	det
5	wick	wick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	It			the wick			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It turns back into a solid inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turns	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 solid	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 solid	det
6	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 turns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	present	It			a solid		inside property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Most of the wax burns into carbon dioxide and water vapour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 burns	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 wax	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wax	det
4	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Most	nmod
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 dioxide	case
7	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dioxide	compound
8	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 vapour	cc
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vapour	compound
11	vapour	vapour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dioxide	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	Most of the wax			carbon dioxide and water vapour			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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