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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".

compoundpunctpunctcompoundnsubjcopdetamodamodcasenmodpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjpunctpunctrootHarryPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTdockNOUNleavesNOUNareAUXaDETproperADJchemicalADJcureNOUNforADPnettlesNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONcancelVERBtheDETacidNOUN"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HarryHarryPROPNNumber=Sing5 leavescompound
2::PUNCT_1 Harrypunct
3""PUNCT_1 Harrypunct
4dockdockNOUNNumber=Sing5 leavescompound
5leavesleafNOUNNumber=Plur10 curensubj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 curecop
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 curedet
8properproperADJDegree=Pos10 cureamod
9chemicalchemicalADJDegree=Pos10 cureamod
10curecureNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
11forforADP_12 nettlescase
12nettlesnettleNOUNNumber=Plur10 curenmod
13,,PUNCT_15 cancelpunct
14theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs15 cancelnsubj
15cancelcancelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 cureparataxis
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 aciddet
17acidacidNOUNNumber=Sing15 cancelobj
18""PUNCT_17 acidpunct
19..PUNCT_10 curepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentHarry dock leavesa proper chemical curefor nettlestree rules
2cancel in a quotepresentleaves = leafthe acidtree 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, they pull the stinging hairs out

discoursepunctnsubjdetamodobjadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheyPRONpullVERBtheDETstingingVERBhairsNOUNoutADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 pulldiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 pullnsubj
4pullpullVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 hairsdet
6stingingstingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 hairsamod
7hairshairNOUNNumber=Plur4 pullobj
8outoutADV_4 pulladvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pullpresenttheythe stinging hairsout propertyvn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme
2stinggerundvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

No, they make the sting much worse

discoursepunctnsubjdetobjadvmodxcomprootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheyPRONmakeVERBtheDETstingNOUNmuchADVworseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 makediscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 makepunct
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 makensubj
4makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 stingdet
6stingstingNOUNNumber=Sing4 makeobj
7muchmuchADV_8 worseadvmod
8worsebadADJDegree=Cmp4 makexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresenttheythe stingbad propertyvn 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

nsubjadvmodmarkadvclccconjrootTheyPRONhelpVERBmostlyADVbySCONJrubbingVERBandCCONJcoolingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 helpnsubj
2helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3mostlymostlyADV_2 helpadvmod
4bybySCONJ_5 rubbingmark
5rubbingrubVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 helpadvcl
6andandCCONJ_7 coolingcc
7coolingcoolingNOUNNumber=Sing5 rubbingconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helppresentTheymostly propertyvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2rubgerundThey not said herevn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, they neutralise the acid

discoursepunctnsubjdetobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheyPRONneutraliseVERBtheDETacidNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 neutralisediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 neutralisensubj
4neutraliseneutraliseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 aciddet
6acidacidNOUNNumber=Sing4 neutraliseobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1neutralisepresenttheythe acidtree rules

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