Test 2 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda
"the science-fair volcano is EXACTLY how Vesuvius works" says Josh. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Vesuvius, Josh · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda» 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 science-fair volcano is EXACTLY how Vesuvius works" says Josh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 volcano | det |
| 3 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fair | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 science | punct |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 volcano | amod |
| 6 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 works | cop |
| 8 | EXACTLY | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 how | advmod |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 works | advmod |
| 10 | Vesuvius | Vesuvius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 works | nsubj |
| 11 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 volcano | acl:relcl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 works | punct |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Vesuvius | work property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Josh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real volcanoes are powered by soap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 volcanoes | amod |
| 2 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 powered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 powered | aux:pass |
| 4 | powered | power | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 soap | case |
| 6 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 powered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | power | present · passive | soap | Real volcanoes | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real volcanoes erupt melted rock and gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 volcanoes | amod |
| 2 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 erupt | nsubj |
| 3 | erupt | erupt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | melted | melt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rock | amod |
| 5 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 erupt | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gas | cc |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rock | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | erupt | present | Real volcanoes | melted rock and gas | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rock=Theme | ||||
| 2 | melt | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
He's right, a real one is just a lot bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lot | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lot | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 lot | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 lot | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lot | det |
| 11 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| 12 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 lot | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a real one | a lot | tree rules |
Option 4
Real volcanoes use lemon juice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 volcanoes | amod |
| 2 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nsubj |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 juice | compound |
| 5 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Real volcanoes | lemon juice | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |
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