Test 2 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola
"mentos + coke is a massive chemical reaction innit". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mentos · What happens: be · To what, where: massive chemical reaction innit
This is test 2 · ★ 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: "mentos + coke is a massive chemical reaction innit".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 2 | mentos | mento | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 innit | nsubj |
| 3 | + | + | SYM | _ | 4 coke | cc |
| 4 | coke | coke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mentos | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 innit | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 innit | det |
| 7 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 innit | amod |
| 8 | chemical | chemical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 innit | amod |
| 9 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 innit | compound |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | mentos + coke | a massive chemical reaction innit | tree rules |
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 · ← Mova's choice
No, it's a magnet effect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 effect | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 effect | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 effect | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 effect | det |
| 6 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 effect | compound |
| 7 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a magnet effect | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, the mint and coke make a brand-new gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mint | det |
| 4 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 coke | cc |
| 6 | coke | coke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mint | conj |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 gas | det |
| 9 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 new | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 brand | punct |
| 11 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 gas | amod |
| 12 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the mint and coke | a new gas | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gas=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's mostly physics: bubbles forming very fast
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 physics | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 physics | cop |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 4 physics | advmod |
| 4 | physics | physics | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 bubbles | punct |
| 6 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 physics | conj |
| 7 | forming | form | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 bubbles | acl |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 fast | advmod |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 forming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | physics and bubbles | mostly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | form | gerund | bubbles not said here | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, the mint is a strong acid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 acid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mint | det |
| 4 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 acid | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 acid | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 acid | det |
| 7 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 acid | amod |
| 8 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mint | a strong acid | tree rules |
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