Test 7 · ★ · Indicators: the red-cabbage rainbow
"the pool's making my eyes sting like mad". What could the test kit show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pool, eyes · What happens: make, sting
This is test 7 · ★ 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: "the pool's making my eyes sting like mad".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 making | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pool | det |
| 3 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 making | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 pool | case |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sting | nsubj |
| 8 | sting | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | parataxis |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 mad | case |
| 10 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sting | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 mad | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 making | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | gerund | the pool | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | sting in a quote | present | my eyes | like mad | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 the test kit show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 4 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kit | compound |
| 5 | kit | kit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
There are too many swimmers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 many | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 swimmers | amod |
| 5 | swimmers | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | many swimmers | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The water is too cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 cold | advmod |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | cold property | tree rules |
Option 3
The water is pure and neutral
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pure | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pure | cop |
| 4 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 neutral | cc |
| 6 | neutral | neutral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pure | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | pure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the water not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The water may be too acidic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 acidic | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 acidic | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 acidic | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 acidic | advmod |
| 6 | acidic | acidic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | the water | acidic property | tree rules |
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