Test 1 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table
Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously." What is the real reason for Fe?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Fe, real reason · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 2 «Elements and the famous members of the periodic table» 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: Your cousin says: "Fe on that poster is short for Fe-iron, obviously."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Fe | punct |
| 6 | Fe | fe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 short | nsubj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 poster | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 poster | det |
| 9 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fe | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 short | cop |
| 11 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 iron | case |
| 13 | Fe | Fe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 iron | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 Fe | punct |
| 15 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 short | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 obviously | punct |
| 17 | obviously | obviously | ADV | _ | 11 short | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Fe on that poster | for Fe iron; obviously, short property | 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 is the real reason for Fe?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Fe | case |
| 7 | Fe | Fe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 reason | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason for Fe | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It stands for "fixed element"
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 stands | nsubj |
| 2 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 element | case |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 element | punct |
| 5 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 element | amod |
| 6 | element | element | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stands | obl |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 element | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | It | for fixed element | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for element=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | fix in a quote | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
It is short for "feather metal", because iron is so light
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 | 3 short | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 short | cop |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 metal | case |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 metal | punct |
| 6 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 metal | compound |
| 7 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 short | obl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 metal | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 light | punct |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 light | mark |
| 11 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 light | cop |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 light | advmod |
| 14 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 short | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for feather metal; short property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | iron | light property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It comes from the old Latin name for iron, ferrum
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 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 name | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 6 | Latin | Latin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 iron | case |
| 9 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ferrum | punct |
| 11 | ferrum | ferrum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | the old Latin name for iron and ferrum | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from name=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Iron was first found by a scientist called Fe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 found | advmod |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 scientist | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 scientist | det |
| 7 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl:agent |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 scientist | acl |
| 9 | Fe | Fe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | a scientist | Iron | first property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | |||
| 2 | call | participle | a scientist not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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