Test 1 · Acids in the kitchen
Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sophie, sweet · What happens: lick, sting · To what, where: sour sweet, tongue
This is test 1 of lesson 15 «Acids in the kitchen» 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: Sophie licks a sour sweet and it stings her tongue.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 licks | nsubj |
| 2 | licks | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sweet | det |
| 4 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sweet | amod |
| 5 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 licks | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stings | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stings | nsubj |
| 8 | stings | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 licks | conj |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 10 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stings | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 licks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lick | present | Sophie | a sour sweet | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sweet=Source | ||||
| 2 | sting | present | sweet | Sophie's tongue | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tongue=Experiencer |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is dusted with acid powder
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 dusted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dusted | aux:pass |
| 3 | dusted | dust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 powder | case |
| 5 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 powder | compound |
| 6 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dusted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dust | present · passive | It | with acid powder | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with powder=Theme |
Option 2
It is far too cold for her tongue
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 | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 cold | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 cold | advmod |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 tongue | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for her tongue; cold, far property | tree rules |
Option 3
It has tiny bits of glass on it
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bits | amod |
| 4 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 glass | case |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bits | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 glass | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | tiny bits of glass on glass | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
Option 4
It is covered in salt crystals
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 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 covered | aux:pass |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 crystals | case |
| 5 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crystals | compound |
| 6 | crystals | crystal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present · passive | It | in salt crystals | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in crystal=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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