Test 4 · ★★ · The fizz: vinegar, lemon and soda
Liam wants to put the vinegar and soda in a bottle and screw the cap on tight "to see what happens". What's the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, honest answer · What happens: want, put, screw, see, happen, be · To what, where: vinegar, bottle, cap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Liam wants to put the vinegar and soda in a bottle and screw the cap on tight "to see what happens".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 put | mark |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vinegar | det |
| 6 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 soda | cc |
| 8 | soda | soda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vinegar | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 bottle | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bottle | det |
| 11 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 screw | cc |
| 13 | screw | screw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 put | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cap | det |
| 15 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 screw | obj |
| 16 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 20 see | mark |
| 17 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 see | advmod |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 see | punct |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 see | mark |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 screw | advcl |
| 21 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 happens | nsubj |
| 22 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 see | ccomp |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 happens | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Liam | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | put not said to happen | to-infinitive | Liam not said here | the vinegar and soda | a bottle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent vinegar=Theme in bottle=Destination | |||
| 3 | screw | infinitive | Liam not said here | the cap | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Patient | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | Liam not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | happen in a quote | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 honest answer?
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 answer | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 honest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fine, nothing happens in a closed bottle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nothing | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 happens | nsubj |
| 4 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bottle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bottle | det |
| 7 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 bottle | amod |
| 8 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | nothing | a closed bottle | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bottle=Location | ||||
| 2 | close | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Fine, the gas just disappears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 disappears | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gas | det |
| 4 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disappears | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 disappears | advmod |
| 6 | disappears | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | present | the gas | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Don't: the gas builds up and can burst the bottle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Do | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 builds | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gas | det |
| 5 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 builds | nsubj |
| 6 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | parataxis |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 builds | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 burst | cc |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 burst | aux |
| 10 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 builds | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bottle | det |
| 12 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 burst | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | build up | present | the gas | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | burst | can | the gas not said here | the bottle | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bottle=Theme |
Option 4
Fine, it makes the bottle colder only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bottle | det |
| 6 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 colder | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | it | the bottle | cold property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bottle=Product |
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