Test 6 · Elements and the famous members of the periodic table
Sodium fizzes violently in water and chlorine is a poisonous gas. Why is table salt safe?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sodium, chlorine, table salt · What happens: fizz, be · To what, where: water, poisonous gas
This is test 6 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: Sodium fizzes violently in water and chlorine is a poisonous gas.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sodium | sodium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fizzes | nsubj |
| 2 | fizzes | fizz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | violently | violently | ADV | _ | 2 fizzes | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fizzes | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gas | cc |
| 7 | chlorine | chlorine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gas | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 gas | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 gas | det |
| 10 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 gas | amod |
| 11 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 water | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fizzes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fizz | present | Sodium | water and a poisonous gas | violently property | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | |||
| 2 | is a | present | chlorine | a poisonous gas | 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: Why is table salt safe?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 safe | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 3 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 salt | compound |
| 4 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 safe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | table salt | safe property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Joined together they make a new substance with new behaviour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 make | advcl |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Joined | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 substance | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 substance | amod |
| 7 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 behaviour | case |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 behaviour | amod |
| 10 | behaviour | behaviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 substance | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | participle | they not said here | together property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | present | they | a new substance | with new behaviour | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset substance=Product |
Option 2
Salt has only a tiny bit of each, too little to hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 bit | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bit | amod |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 bit | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 little | punct |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 little | advmod |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 has | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 hurt | mark |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 little | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Salt | a tiny bit of each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive | a tiny bit of each not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Salt is not really made of sodium and chlorine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 made | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sodium | case |
| 7 | sodium | sodium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chlorine | cc |
| 9 | chlorine | chlorine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sodium | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · passive | Salt | of sodium and chlorine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
The poison is boiled out in the factory before the salt is packed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 poison | det |
| 2 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boiled | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boiled | aux:pass |
| 4 | boiled | boil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 boiled | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 factory | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 factory | det |
| 8 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boiled | obl |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 packed | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 salt | det |
| 11 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 packed | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 packed | aux:pass |
| 13 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 boiled | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil out | present · passive | the poison | in the factory | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in factory=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | pack | present · passive | the salt | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |
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