Test 6 · ★ · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola
Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cola · What happens: not be, not have, be · To what, where: much sugar
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Ruby: "this cola isn't even sweet, it can't have much sugar".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 sweet | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sweet | punct |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 cola | det |
| 5 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sweet | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sweet | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 sweet | advmod |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 sweet | advmod |
| 9 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ruby | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 have | nsubj |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 have | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 have | advmod |
| 14 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sweet | conj |
| 15 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sugar | amod |
| 16 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 have | obj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 sugar | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | this cola | sweet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not have in a quote | can | cola | much sugar | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
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
The bubbles are the sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bubbles | det |
| 2 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sugar | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sugar | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sugar | det |
| 5 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the bubbles | the sugar | tree rules |
Option 2
She's right, cola has barely any sugar in it at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 5 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | csubj |
| 7 | barely | barely | ADV | _ | 6 has | advmod |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 sugar | det |
| 9 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sugar | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 all | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 sugar | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | cola | any sugar | sugar | at all; barely property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
Option 3
Cola uses salt instead of sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 6 sugar | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 instead | fixed |
| 6 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Cola | salt | instead sugar | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It has about seven teaspoons, hidden by acid and fizz
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 seven | advmod |
| 4 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 teaspoons | nummod |
| 5 | teaspoons | teaspoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hidden | punct |
| 7 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 teaspoons | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 acid | case |
| 9 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hidden | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fizz | cc |
| 11 | fizz | fizz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 acid | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | seven teaspoons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaspoon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hide | participle | seven teaspoons not said here | by acid and fizz | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by acid=Location |
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