Test 2 · Acids in the kitchen
"stomach acid is strong, so why isn't there a hole in me?" What's the answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stomach acid, hole, answer · What happens: be, not be
This is test 2 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: "stomach acid is strong, so why isn't there a hole in me?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 2 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acid | compound |
| 3 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 strong | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 strong | cop |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 there | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 there | advmod |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 there | advmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 there | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 there | advmod |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 strong | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 hole | det |
| 13 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 there | nsubj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 me | case |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 hole | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | stomach acid | strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | a hole in me | there property | tree rules |
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 the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The acid is used up on food before it ever touches the wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 acid | det |
| 2 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 used | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | obl |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 touches | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 touches | nsubj |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 touches | advmod |
| 11 | touches | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wall | det |
| 13 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touches | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use up | present · passive | the acid | food | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | touch | present | acid | the wall | ever | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Co-Theme |
Option 2
Stomach acid is actually just warm water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 acid | compound |
| 2 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 water | cop |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 water | advmod |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Stomach acid | warm water | actually property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A layer of mucus protects the stomach wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 layer | det |
| 2 | layer | layer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 mucus | case |
| 4 | mucus | mucus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 layer | nmod |
| 5 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wall | det |
| 7 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wall | compound |
| 8 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | a layer of mucus | the stomach wall | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Beneficiary |
Option 4
The stomach is lined with metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 stomach | det |
| 2 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lined | aux:pass |
| 4 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 metal | case |
| 6 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line | present · passive | the stomach | with metal | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with metal=Theme |
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