Test 1 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids
"acid and alkali make salt, so can i eat it?" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: acid, i · What happens: make, eat, be · To what, where: salt
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 16 «Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids» 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: "acid and alkali make salt, so can i eat it?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 2 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 alkali | cc |
| 4 | alkali | alkali | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 acid | conj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 eat | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 eat | advmod |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 eat | aux |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 eat | nsubj |
| 11 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 eat | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | present | acid and alkali | salt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset salt=Product | ||||
| 2 | eat in a quote | can | i | salt | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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, every salt from a reaction is plain table salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 salt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 salt | det |
| 4 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 salt | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 reaction | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 reaction | det |
| 7 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 salt | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 salt | cop |
| 9 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 salt | amod |
| 10 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 salt | compound |
| 11 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | every salt from a reaction | plain table salt | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not always: most such salts are not for eating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 always | advmod |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 eating | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 always | punct |
| 4 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 salts | amod |
| 5 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 salts | amod |
| 6 | salts | salt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 eating | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 eating | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 eating | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 eating | mark |
| 10 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | most such salts | always, eat property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, but only if you eat it with chips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 eat | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 eat | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 eat | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 eat | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 chips | case |
| 10 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | you | it | with chips | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
No, those salts are always gases
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 gases | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 salts | det |
| 4 | salts | salt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gases | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gases | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 gases | advmod |
| 7 | gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that salts | gases | always property | tree rules |
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