Test 3 · ★ · Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow
A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour. What's the real way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spy cartoon, lemon writing, real way · What happens: show, appear, be · To what, where: lemon writing
This is test 3 · ★ 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: A spy cartoon shows lemon writing appearing by itself after an hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 2 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cartoon | compound |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 writing | compound |
| 6 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 7 | appearing | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 writing | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 itself | case |
| 9 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 appearing | obl |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 hour | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hour | det |
| 12 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 appearing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a spy cartoon | lemon writing | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent writing=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | appear | gerund | lemon writing not said here | hour | by cartoon | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |
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 the real way?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It shows only when warmed by a grown-up
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 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 warmed | advmod |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 warmed | advmod |
| 5 | warmed | warm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 up | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 up | det |
| 8 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 up | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 warmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | warm | participle | by a grown up | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
It shows after an hour in the dark
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 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 hour | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hour | det |
| 5 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dark | det |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | the dark | hour | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It shows when soaked in cold water
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 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 soaked | advmod |
| 4 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soaked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | soak | participle | in cold water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme |
Option 4
It shows if you breathe on it
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 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 breathe | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 breathe | nsubj |
| 5 | breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 breathe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | breathe a condition, not said to happen | present | you | it | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |
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