Test 11 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola
A friend wants to do the Mentos fountain in the kitchen, alone. What's the safe way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, safe way · What happens: want, do, be · To what, where: Mentos fountain, kitchen
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» 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 friend wants to do the Mentos fountain in the kitchen, alone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 do | mark |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fountain | det |
| 7 | Mentos | Mento | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 fountain | compound |
| 8 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 kitchen | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 kitchen | det |
| 11 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 alone | punct |
| 13 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | the Mentos fountain | the kitchen | alone property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Eventuality |
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 safe 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 | safe | safe | 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 safe way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
In the bath with the bathroom door shut tight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 bath | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bath | det |
| 3 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shut | obl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 6 | bathroom | bathroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 door | compound |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bath | nmod |
| 8 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 8 shut | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | participle | the bath with the bathroom door | tight property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
In the kitchen with the windows open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 kitchen | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kitchen | det |
| 3 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 open | obl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 windows | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 windows | det |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kitchen | nmod |
| 7 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | the kitchen with the windows | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Outside, with an adult, standing well back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside | outside | ADV | _ | 5 adult | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Outside | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 adult | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 adult | det |
| 5 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 standing | punct |
| 7 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 adult | acl |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 standing | advmod |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 standing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand back | gerund | a adult not said here | well property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
In the bedroom on a towel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 bedroom | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bedroom | det |
| 3 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 towel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 towel | det |
| 6 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bedroom | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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