Test 3 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change
A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears. Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statue · What happens: have · To what, where: shiny nose
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A statue of a dog in the park has a shiny nose but dark ears.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 statue | det |
| 2 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 has | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 dog | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 statue | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dog | nmod |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 nose | det |
| 11 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 nose | amod |
| 12 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 has | obj |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 ears | cc |
| 14 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ears | amod |
| 15 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 nose | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a statue of a dog in the park | a shiny nose but dark ears | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
People rub its nose for luck, wiping off the tarnish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rub | nsubj |
| 2 | rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 nose | nmod:poss |
| 4 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rub | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 luck | case |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rub | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wiping | punct |
| 8 | wiping | wipe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 rub | advcl |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 tarnish | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tarnish | det |
| 11 | tarnish | tarnish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wiping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | present | People | its nose | for luck | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | |||
| 2 | wipe off | gerund | People not said here | the tarnish | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tarnish=Source |
Option 2
Rain falls only on its ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 ears | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 falls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Rain | Rain's ears | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ear=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Its nose was made of real gold from the very start
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 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gold | amod |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 start | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 start | det |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 start | advmod |
| 11 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | Its nose | the start | of real gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from start=Material |
Option 4
Dogs in the park lick the ears dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lick | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 park | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 park | det |
| 4 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dogs | nmod |
| 5 | lick | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ears | det |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lick | obj |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lick | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | present | Dogs in the park | the ears | dark property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ear=Source |
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