Test 2 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids
Ruby got stung by a wasp; her friend runs for vinegar "coz wasps are alkali". What's best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wasp, friend, coz wasps · What happens: sting, run, be · To what, where: Ruby, alkali
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Ruby got stung by a wasp; her friend runs for vinegar "coz wasps are alkali".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stung | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stung | aux:pass |
| 3 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 wasp | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wasp | det |
| 6 | wasp | wasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stung | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 runs | punct |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 runs | nsubj |
| 10 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stung | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 vinegar | case |
| 12 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 runs | obl |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 alkali | punct |
| 14 | coz | coz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wasps | compound |
| 15 | wasps | wasp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 alkali | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 alkali | cop |
| 17 | alkali | alkali | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 vinegar | appos |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 alkali | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | past · passive | a wasp | Ruby | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | run | present | Ruby's friend | for vinegar | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for vinegar=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | coz wasps | alkali | 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 best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cold water, and get help if she swells up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 get | cc |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 swells | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 swells | nsubj |
| 9 | swells | swell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 swells | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | infinitive | Cold water | help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | swell up a condition, not said to happen | present | water | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
Baking soda, the opposite of vinegar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baking | baking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soda | compound |
| 2 | soda | soda | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 opposite | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 opposite | det |
| 5 | opposite | opposite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soda | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 vinegar | case |
| 7 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opposite | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Vinegar, because it cancels out the wasp sting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cancels | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cancels | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 cancels | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cancels | nsubj |
| 5 | cancels | cancel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 cancels | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sting | det |
| 8 | wasp | wasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sting | compound |
| 9 | sting | sting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cancels | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel out | present | Vinegar | the wasp sting | tree rules |
Option 4
Lemon juice rubbed in hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 juice | compound |
| 2 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 juice | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 hard | case |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rubbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | participle | Lemon juice not said here | hard | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in hard=Destination |
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