Test 3 · ★ · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids
Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year. What could she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandma · What happens: want, do · To what, where: pink hydrangea
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Grandma wants her pink hydrangea blue next year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hydrangea | nmod:poss |
| 4 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hydrangea | amod |
| 5 | hydrangea | hydrangea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 6 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hydrangea | nmod:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Grandma | Grandma's pink hydrangea blue next year | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hydrangea=Theme |
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 could she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | Grandma | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Make the soil more acidic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 soil | det |
| 3 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 acidic | advmod |
| 5 | acidic | acidic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | the soil | acidic property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product |
Option 2
Plant it in deeper shade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plant | plant | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Plant | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 shade | case |
| 4 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 shade | amod |
| 5 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Plant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant | imperative | you not said here | it | deeper shade | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shade=Destination |
Option 3
Spread lots of lime around it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Spread | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 lime | case |
| 4 | lime | lime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lots | nmod |
| 5 | around | around | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | past | lots of lime | lime | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lot=Theme around it=Destination |
Option 4
Water it with soapy water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Water | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | soapy | soapy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Water | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | water | imperative | you not said here | it | with soapy water | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme |
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