Test 10 · ★ · Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow
"my white shirt had curry on it and now the stain's gone RED after washing??" Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: white shirt, stain · What happens: have, go, wash · To what, where: curry
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow» 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: "my white shirt had curry on it and now the stain's gone RED after washing??"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shirt | amod |
| 4 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | curry | curry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 curry | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gone | cc |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 gone | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 stain | det |
| 12 | stain | stain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gone | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 stain | case |
| 14 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 had | conj |
| 15 | RED | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 gone | xcomp |
| 16 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 washing | mark |
| 17 | washing | wash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 gone | advcl |
| 18 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | my white shirt | curry | curry | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curry=Patient | |||
| 2 | go in a quote | participle | the stain | now | red property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | wash in a quote | gerund | the stain not said here | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The washing machine added its own red dye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 machine | det |
| 2 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 machine | compound |
| 3 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 added | nsubj |
| 4 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dye | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dye | amod |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dye | amod |
| 8 | dye | dye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 added | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | the washing machine | machine's own red dye | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dye=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Turmeric turns red with alkaline soap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turmeric | turmeric | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 turns | xcomp |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 soap | case |
| 5 | alkaline | alkaline | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 soap | amod |
| 6 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Turmeric | with alkaline soap; red property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The curry was secretly tomato
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 curry | det |
| 2 | curry | curry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tomato | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tomato | cop |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 5 tomato | advmod |
| 5 | tomato | tomato | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the curry | tomato | secretly property | tree rules |
Option 4
Hot water burns stains red
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burns | nsubj |
| 3 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | stains | stain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 burns | obj |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 burns | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | Hot water | stains | red property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stain=Theme |
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