Test 10 · Acids in the kitchen
"why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it". What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: curry, tomato · What happens: sting, be, go on · To what, where: ulcer, mouth, curry · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 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: "why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 stinging | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 stinging | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stinging | aux |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 curry | nmod:poss |
| 5 | curry | curry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stinging | nsubj |
| 6 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 's | csubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ulcer | det |
| 8 | ulcer | ulcer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stinging | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 mouth | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ulcer | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 stinging | punct |
| 13 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 14 's | expl |
| 14 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | tomato | tomato | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 's | nsubj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 's | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 's | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting in a quote | present · progressive | my curry | the ulcer | my mouth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ulcer=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | be in a quote | present | tomato | curry; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |
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's going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Tomatoes are full of hot chilli
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomatoes | tomato | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 full | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 full | cop |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 chilli | case |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chilli | amod |
| 6 | chilli | chilli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tomatoes | of hot chilli; full property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Acidic food like tomato makes a mouth sore sting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acidic | acidic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 food | amod |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 tomato | case |
| 4 | tomato | tomato | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 food | nmod |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mouth | det |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 8 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sting | amod |
| 9 | sting | sting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Acidic food like tomato | a mouth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mouth=Product |
Option 3
The curry is too salty for the sore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 curry | det |
| 2 | curry | curry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 salty | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 salty | advmod |
| 5 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 sore | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sore | det |
| 8 | sore | sore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the curry | for the sore; salty property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Curry contains formic acid from the ants in the spices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curry | curry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 contains | nsubj |
| 2 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | formic | formic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 acid | amod |
| 4 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 contains | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 ants | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ants | det |
| 7 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 contains | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 spices | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 spices | det |
| 10 | spices | spice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ants | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | Curry | formic acid | the ants in the spices | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acid=Theme |
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