Test 3 · Acids in the kitchen
Harry: "dock leaves are a proper chemical cure for nettles, they cancel the acid". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry dock leaves, leaves · What happens: be, cancel · To what, where: proper chemical cure, acid
This is test 3 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: Harry: "dock leaves are a proper chemical cure for nettles, they cancel the acid".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 leaves | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Harry | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Harry | punct |
| 4 | dock | dock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leaves | compound |
| 5 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cure | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cure | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cure | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cure | amod |
| 9 | chemical | chemical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cure | amod |
| 10 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 nettles | case |
| 12 | nettles | nettle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cure | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cancel | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cancel | nsubj |
| 15 | cancel | cancel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cure | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 acid | det |
| 17 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cancel | obj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 acid | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 cure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Harry dock leaves | a proper chemical cure | for nettles | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cancel in a quote | present | leaves = leaf | the acid | 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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, they pull the stinging hairs out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 pull | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pull | nsubj |
| 4 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hairs | det |
| 6 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 hairs | amod |
| 7 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pull | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 pull | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | they | the stinging hairs | out property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | |||
| 2 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
No, they make the sting much worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sting | det |
| 6 | sting | sting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 worse | advmod |
| 8 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | they | the sting | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sting=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They help mostly by rubbing and cooling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 help | nsubj |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 help | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 rubbing | mark |
| 5 | rubbing | rub | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 help | advcl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cooling | cc |
| 7 | cooling | cooling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rubbing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | They | mostly property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | rub | gerund | They not said here | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, they neutralise the acid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 neutralise | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 neutralise | nsubj |
| 4 | neutralise | neutralise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 acid | det |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 neutralise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | neutralise | present | they | the acid | tree rules |
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