Test 6 · Rust: iron's slow fire
Mia says the green on the Statue of Liberty means it's falling apart and should be scrubbed off. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, green · What happens: say, mean, fall apart, scrub off, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Mia says the green on the Statue of Liberty means it's falling apart and should be scrubbed off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 green | det |
| 4 | green | green | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Statue | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Statue | det |
| 7 | Statue | Statue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 green | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Liberty | case |
| 9 | Liberty | Liberty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Statue | nmod |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 falling | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 falling | aux |
| 13 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 means | ccomp |
| 14 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 13 falling | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 scrubbed | cc |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 scrubbed | aux |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 scrubbed | aux:pass |
| 18 | scrubbed | scrub | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 falling | conj |
| 19 | off | off | ADP | _ | 18 scrubbed | compound:prt |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | the green on the Statue of Liberty | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fall apart | present · progressive | green | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | scrub off | should · passive | green not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The green coat protects the copper under it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 coat | det |
| 2 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 coat | amod |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 protects | nsubj |
| 4 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 copper | det |
| 6 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 protects | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 protects | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | the green coat | the copper | copper | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The statue was always meant to be green paint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 statue | det |
| 2 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 meant | aux:pass |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 meant | advmod |
| 5 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 paint | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 paint | cop |
| 8 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 paint | amod |
| 9 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meant | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past · passive | the statue | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | green paint | tree rules |
Option 3
Scrubbing would make it green again faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scrubbing | scrub | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 make | advmod |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrub | gerund | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | would | it | again | fast, green property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 4
The green is rot that eats the copper away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 green | det |
| 2 | green | green | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rot | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rot | cop |
| 4 | rot | rot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 eats | nsubj |
| 6 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rot | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 copper | det |
| 8 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | obj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 eats | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the green | rot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat away | present | rot | the copper | away property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Patient |
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