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Test 10 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids

Dad: heartburn after a huge curry. Mum hands him an antacid. Why does it help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, antacid · What happens: hand, help · To what, where: antacid, him

This is test 10 · ★ 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: Dad: heartburn after a huge curry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 heartburn	punct
3	heartburn	heartburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	appos
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 curry	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 curry	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 curry	amod
7	curry	curry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heartburn	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Mum hands him an antacid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hands	nsubj
2	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hands	iobj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 antacid	det
5	antacid	antacid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hands	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	present	Mum	a antacid	him = he				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination antacid=Theme

Sentence 3: Why does it help?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 help	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present · do-support	antacid						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It makes the curry less spicy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 curry	det
4	curry	curry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 spicy	advmod
6	spicy	spicy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the curry				spicy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material curry=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its alkali neutralises some stomach acid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 alkali	nmod:poss
2	alkali	alkali	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neutralises	nsubj
3	neutralises	neutralis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 acid	det
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acid	compound
6	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neutralises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neutralis	present	Its alkali	some stomach acid					tree rules

Option 3

It numbs the heart for an hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 numbs	nsubj
2	numbs	numb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heart	det
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 numbs	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 numbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	numb	present	It	the heart			hour		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer

Option 4

It adds acid to finish the curry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 adds	nsubj
2	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adds	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 finish	mark
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 adds	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 curry	det
7	curry	curry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	It	acid					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Patient
2	finish	to-infinitive		the curry					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality curry=Eventuality

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