Test 7 · Rust: iron's slow fire

Leo stepped on a shiny, clean nail in a muddy field. "it's not rusty, so no worries". Right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, field · What happens: step, not be · To what, where: shiny clean nail · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Leo stepped on a shiny, clean nail in a muddy field. "it's not rusty, so no worries".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	nsubj
2	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	8 nail	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nail	det
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nail	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shiny	punct
7	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nail	amod
8	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 field	det
11	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 field	amod
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stepped	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 rusty	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rusty	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 rusty	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 rusty	advmod
18	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stepped	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 worries	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 worries	advmod
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 worries	det
22	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 rusty	parataxis
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 worries	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stepped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	past	Leo			a shiny clean nail		in a muddy field	tree rules
2	not is in a quote	present	field					rusty 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: Right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the germ comes from the dirt, so get it checked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 germ	det
4	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 dirt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dirt	det
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 comes	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj
13	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	come	present	the germ		the dirt	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dirt=Initial_Location
2	get	infinitive	the germ not said here	germ		tree rules
3	check	participle	germ not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, only rusty nails are any risk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 risk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 nails	advmod
4	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nails	amod
5	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 risk	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 risk	cop
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 risk	det
8	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	rusty nails	any risk					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, shiny metal kills any germs as soon as they touch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 kills	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 metal	amod
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kills	nsubj
5	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 germs	det
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kills	obj
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 soon	advmod
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 kills	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 touch	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touch	nsubj
12	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 soon	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	shiny metal	any germs				soon property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme
2	touch	present	germs = germ	metal					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 4

No, shiny nails are more dangerous than rusty ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 dangerous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dangerous	punct
3	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nails	amod
4	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 dangerous	advmod
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 ones	case
9	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	shiny nails					than rusty ones; dangerous property	tree rules

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