Test 3 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda
A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon. What would really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, soda · What happens: show, fill, float, happen · To what, where: balloon, vinegar, moon
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: A cartoon shows a balloon filled from vinegar and soda floating to the moon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 balloon | det |
| 5 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 balloon | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 vinegar | case |
| 8 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 filled | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 soda | cc |
| 10 | soda | soda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 vinegar | conj |
| 11 | floating | float | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 soda | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 moon | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 moon | det |
| 14 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 floating | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a balloon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent balloon=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | a balloon not said here | vinegar and soda | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | float | gerund | soda not said here | the moon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to moon=Destination |
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 would really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would not float, the gas is heavier than air
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 | 4 float | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 float | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 float | advmod |
| 4 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 heavier | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gas | det |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heavier | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 heavier | cop |
| 9 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 float | parataxis |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 air | case |
| 11 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heavier | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not float | would | It | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the gas | than air; heavy property | tree rules |
Option 2
It would turn into vinegar
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 | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 vinegar | case |
| 5 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | It | vinegar | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into vinegar=Trajectory |
Option 3
It would float just like a helium balloon
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 | 3 float | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 float | aux |
| 3 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 balloon | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 balloon | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 balloon | det |
| 7 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 balloon | compound |
| 8 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 float | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | would | It | like a helium balloon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It would burst into flames
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 | 3 burst | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 burst | aux |
| 3 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 flames | case |
| 5 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 burst | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burst | would | It | flames | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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