Test 5 · Acids in the kitchen
"dad's car battery is dead, can i open it and see?" What should the answer be?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: car battery, i, answer · What happens: be, open, see · To what, where: battery
This is test 5 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: "dad's car battery is dead, can i open it and see?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 dead | punct |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 car | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dad | case |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 battery | compound |
| 5 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dead | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dead | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 open | punct |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 open | aux |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 open | nsubj |
| 11 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 dead | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 open | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 see | cc |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 open | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 dead | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 dead | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | car battery | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | open in a quote | can | i | battery | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see in a quote | infinitive | i not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What should the answer be?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 be | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 be | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 be | nsubj |
| 5 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | should | the answer | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
No, because the battery will get cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 battery | det |
| 5 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the battery | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Yes, as long as you wear a thick winter coat and gloves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 wear | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 wear | nsubj |
| 7 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 coat | det |
| 9 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 coat | amod |
| 10 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 coat | compound |
| 11 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wear | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gloves | cc |
| 13 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 coat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | you | a thick winter coat and gloves | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it holds strong acid that burns skin and eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 holds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 holds | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 holds | nsubj |
| 4 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 acid | amod |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 holds | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 burns | nsubj |
| 8 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 acid | acl:relcl |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 burns | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 eyes | cc |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 skin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | it | strong acid | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Theme | ||||
| 2 | burn | present | strong acid | skin and eyes | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, it's only weak lemon acid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 acid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 acid | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 acid | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 acid | advmod |
| 6 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 acid | amod |
| 7 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 acid | compound |
| 8 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | weak lemon acid | tree rules |
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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