Test 1 · Rust: iron's slow fire
Max reckons rust is just orange dirt stuck on the bike, wash it and it's fine. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, rust · What happens: reckon, be, stick, wash · To what, where: orange dirt, bike, rust
This is test 1 of lesson 13 «Rust: iron's slow fire» 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: Max reckons rust is just orange dirt stuck on the bike, wash it and it's fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rust | rust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dirt | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dirt | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 dirt | advmod |
| 6 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dirt | amod |
| 7 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | ccomp |
| 8 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dirt | acl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 bike | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bike | det |
| 11 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuck | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wash | punct |
| 13 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 reckons | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wash | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 fine | cc |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fine | expl |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fine | cop |
| 18 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wash | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Max | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | rust | orange dirt | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stick | participle | orange dirt not said here | the bike | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on bike=Destination | ||||
| 4 | wash | infinitive | rust | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 5 | is | present | fine property | tree rules |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rust is a new substance made from the iron itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rust | rust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 substance | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 substance | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 substance | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 substance | amod |
| 5 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 substance | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 iron | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 iron | det |
| 9 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| 10 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 9 iron | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Rust | a new substance | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | a new substance not said here | the iron Rust | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from iron=Material |
Option 2
He's right, it is just road dust that sticks to the wet metal
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dust | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 dust | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dust | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 dust | advmod |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dust | compound |
| 9 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 sticks | nsubj |
| 11 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dust | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 metal | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 metal | det |
| 14 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 metal | amod |
| 15 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sticks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | road dust | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stick | present | road dust | to the wet metal | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to metal=Co-Patient |
Option 3
It is a mould that grows on wet metal
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 | 4 mould | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mould | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mould | det |
| 4 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 grows | nsubj |
| 6 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mould | acl:relcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 metal | case |
| 8 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 metal | amod |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a mould | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | a mould | wet metal | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on metal=Location |
Option 4
It is old paint that has gone orange
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 | 4 paint | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paint | cop |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paint | amod |
| 4 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | aux |
| 7 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 paint | acl:relcl |
| 8 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gone | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | old paint | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present · perfect | old paint | orange property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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