Test 11 · Rust: iron's slow fire
A space game says Mars is red because it is covered in lava. What's the real reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: space game, Mars, real reason · What happens: say, be, cover · To what, where: game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: A space game says Mars is red because it is covered in lava.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | compound |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 red | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 red | cop |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 covered | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 covered | aux:pass |
| 11 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 red | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 lava | case |
| 13 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 covered | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a space game | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mars | red property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | cover | present · passive | game | in lava | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in lava=Theme |
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 the real reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Its dust contains iron oxide, like rust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dust | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contains | nsubj |
| 3 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oxide | compound |
| 5 | oxide | oxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contains | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rust | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 rust | case |
| 8 | rust | rust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oxide | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | Its dust | iron oxide and rust | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxide=Theme |
Option 2
It is covered in red sea water
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 | 3 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 covered | aux:pass |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | compound |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present · passive | It | in red sea water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in water=Theme |
Option 3
It has red trees and plants
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 trees | amod |
| 4 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 plants | cc |
| 6 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 trees | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | red trees and plants | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
Option 4
It is glowing red-hot all the time
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 | 3 glowing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 glowing | aux |
| 3 | glowing | glow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hot | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 red | punct |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glowing | xcomp |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 time | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glowing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present · progressive | It | time | hot property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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