Test 5 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola
In a cartoon, a character drinks cola and floats up like a balloon from the bubbles. What really happens to the gas?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character · What happens: drink, float up, happen · To what, where: cola, cartoon, bubbles
This is test 5 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a character drinks cola and floats up like a balloon from the bubbles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drinks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drinks | nsubj |
| 7 | drinks | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drinks | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 floats | cc |
| 10 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 drinks | conj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 floats | compound:prt |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 balloon | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 balloon | det |
| 14 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floats | obl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 bubbles | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bubbles | det |
| 17 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 floats | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 drinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | a character | cola | a cartoon | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient | |||
| 2 | float up | present | a character not said here | the bubbles | like a balloon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bubble=Trajectory |
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 really happens to the gas?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 gas | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gas | det |
| 6 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happens | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | to the gas | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It fills you up and you float
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 | 2 fills | nsubj |
| 2 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 fills | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 fills | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 float | cc |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 float | nsubj |
| 7 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 fills | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill up | present | It | you | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 2 | float | present | you | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
It turns into oxygen in your blood
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 | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 oxygen | case |
| 4 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 blood | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 blood | nmod:poss |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | oxygen | in your blood | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into oxygen=Source in blood=Trajectory |
Option 3
It goes straight to your feet
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 | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 2 goes | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 feet | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 feet | nmod:poss |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | It | your feet | straight property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Most of it comes back up as a burp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Most | nmod |
| 4 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 up | advmod |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 comes | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 burp | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 burp | det |
| 9 | burp | burp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | Most of it | as a burp | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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