Test 10 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons
"tyre was fine yesterday, looks flat this morning, it's minus 5". What's the likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tyre, likely reason · What happens: be, look · To what, where: minus 5
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» 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: "tyre was fine yesterday, looks flat this morning, it's minus 5".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| 2 | tyre | tyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 looks | punct |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | parataxis |
| 8 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 looks | xcomp |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 morning | det |
| 10 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looks | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 5 | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 5 | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 5 | cop |
| 14 | minus | minus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 5 | amod |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 looks | parataxis |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 5 | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | tyre | yesterday | fine property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look in a quote | present | morning | flat property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | tyre | minus 5 | 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's the likely reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | 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 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Frost has leaked into it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 leaked | aux |
| 3 | leaked | leak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 leaked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leak | present · perfect · passive | Frost | it | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cold air in it pushes less on the walls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 air | amod |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pushes | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 air | nmod |
| 5 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 pushes | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 walls | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 walls | det |
| 9 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pushes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present | Cold air in it | on the walls; less property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on wall=Theme |
Option 3
A hedgehog bit a small hole in it during the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bit | det |
| 2 | hedgehog | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | compound |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hole | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hole | amod |
| 6 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hole | nmod |
| 9 | during | during | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Cold makes the tyre grow bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tyre | det |
| 4 | tyre | tyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 grow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cold | the tyre | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | infinitive | the tyre not said here | big property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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