Test 7 · ★ · Tarnish and how metals change
In a cartoon, a scientist leaves a lump of sodium on the desk and goes for lunch. What would really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientist · What happens: leave, go, happen · To what, where: lump, cartoon
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a scientist leaves a lump of sodium on the desk and goes for lunch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 scientist | det |
| 6 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | nsubj |
| 7 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lump | det |
| 9 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sodium | case |
| 11 | sodium | sodium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lump | nmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 desk | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 desk | det |
| 14 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 goes | cc |
| 16 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 leaves | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 lunch | case |
| 18 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 goes | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 leaves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | a scientist | a lump of sodium | a cartoon | on the desk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lump=Theme in cartoon=Location | ||
| 2 | go | present | a scientist not said here | for lunch | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lunch=Beneficiary |
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 would really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would react with the air within seconds
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 react | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 react | aux |
| 3 | react | react | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 react | obl |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 seconds | case |
| 8 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 react | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | react | would | It | second | with the air | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with air=Eventuality |
Option 2
It would slowly go green over years
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 | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | would | It | year | green, slowly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing at all, sodium is as calm as gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 sodium | compound |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 5 | sodium | sodium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 calm | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 calm | cop |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 calm | advmod |
| 8 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 gold | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 calm | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing sodium | as gold; calm property | tree rules |
Option 4
It would just collect a bit of dust
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 | 4 collect | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 collect | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 collect | advmod |
| 4 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 collect | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dust | case |
| 8 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | would | It | a bit of dust | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |
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