Test 10 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table

Your sister says: "The periodic table is just in alphabetical order." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, periodic table, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: alphabetical order, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 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 sister says: "The periodic table is just in alphabetical order."

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 order	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
7	periodic	periodic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 table	amod
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 order	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 order	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 order	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 order	case
12	alphabetical	alphabetical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 order	amod
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 order	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 order	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the periodic table			alphabetical order			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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		sister			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is in order of the number of protons in each atom

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 order	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 order	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 order	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 number	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 order	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 protons	case
9	protons	proton	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 atom	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 atom	det
12	atom	atom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			order		of the number of protons in each atom	tree rules

Option 2

It is in order of who discovered them first, from the oldest to the newest

The tree, 15 words

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 order	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 order	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 order	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 discovered	mark
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 discovered	nsubj
7	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 order	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 discovered	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 discovered	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 oldest	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 oldest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oldest	det
13	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 order	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 newest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 newest	det
16	newest	new	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 oldest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			order		from the oldest	tree rules
2	discover	past	order	them = they				first property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3

It is in order of colour

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 order	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 order	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 order	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 colour	case
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 order	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			order		of colour	tree rules

Option 4

She is right, it starts with A and ends with Z

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	is	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 starts	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 starts	nsubj
6	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 A	case
8	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 starts	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ends	cc
10	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 starts	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 Z	case
12	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	She	right property	tree rules
2	start	present	it	with A	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with a=Subeventuality
3	end	present		with Z	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with z=Subeventuality

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