Test 1 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change
"my mate says cola dissolves a tooth overnight, legit?"
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, cola · What happens: say, dissolve · To what, where: tooth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Tarnish and how metals change» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dissolves | nsubj |
| 6 | dissolves | dissolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tooth | det |
| 8 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dissolves | obj |
| 9 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 6 dissolves | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 legit | punct |
| 11 | legit | legit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dissolves | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask in a quote | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | dissolve in a quote | present | cola | a tooth | overnight property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, it's totally gone by morning, there's nothing left in the glass
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 gone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | aux |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 gone | advmod |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 's | punct |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 's | expl |
| 11 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | advcl |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 's | nsubj |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 nothing | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 glass | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 glass | det |
| 16 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · passive | it | morning | totally property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | be | present | nothing | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | in the glass result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in glass=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, that's a myth, but sugary acid drinks harm teeth over time
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 myth | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 myth | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 myth | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 myth | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 myth | det |
| 6 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 harm | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 harm | cc |
| 9 | sugary | sugary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 drinks | amod |
| 10 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drinks | compound |
| 11 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 harm | nsubj |
| 12 | harm | harm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 myth | parataxis |
| 13 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 harm | obj |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 time | case |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 harm | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | a myth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | harm | present | sugary acid drinks | teeth | time | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, but only diet cola does it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 does | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 does | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 does | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 cola | advmod |
| 5 | diet | diet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cola | compound |
| 6 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 does | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 does | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | diet cola | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4
No, cola has no acid in it at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| 3 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 acid | det |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 acid | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 acid | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | cola | no acid | acid | at all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Patient |
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