Test 3 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table

In a game, a character breathes helium from a big gas tank and just talks squeaky. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: character · What happens: breathe, talk, be · To what, where: helium, game

This is test 3 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: In a game, a character breathes helium from a big gas tank and just talks squeaky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breathes	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 character	det
6	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breathes	nsubj
7	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breathes	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 tank	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tank	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tank	amod
12	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tank	compound
13	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breathes	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 talks	cc
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 talks	advmod
16	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 breathes	conj
17	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 talks	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 breathes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	a character	helium		a game		from a big gas tank	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helium=Theme
2	talk	present	a character not said here					squeaky property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

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

Breathing from a tank can harm the lungs and starve you of oxygen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 harm	csubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 tank	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tank	det
4	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Breathing	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 harm	aux
6	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lungs	det
8	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 harm	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 starve	cc
10	starve	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 harm	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 starve	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 oxygen	case
13	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 starve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	breathe	gerund			a tank		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	harm	can	Breathing	the lungs			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lung=Experiencer
3	starve	present	Breathing not said here	you		of oxygen	tree rules

Option 2

Nothing is wrong, it is a safe trick for everyone, even from a big tank

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trick	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 trick	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 trick	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trick	det
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trick	amod
9	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 everyone	case
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 trick	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tank	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	17 tank	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 tank	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 tank	det
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tank	amod
17	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 everyone	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					wrong property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a safe trick				for everyone	tree rules

Option 3

Helium would make the character float away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 character	det
5	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 float	nsubj
6	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	ccomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 float	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	would	Helium						tree rules
2	float away	present	the character					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Helium would set the character on fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux
3	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 character	det
5	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 fire	case
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	would	Helium	the character		fire			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent character=Theme on fire=Destination

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