Test 2 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons
Ellie says helium balloons go down because the helium "gets tired". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ellie, helium balloons, helium · What happens: say, go down, get, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Ellie says helium balloons go down because the helium "gets tired".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 balloons | compound |
| 4 | balloons | balloon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 gets | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 helium | det |
| 9 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 helium | punct |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | advcl |
| 12 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 gets | xcomp |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 tired | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ellie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go down | present | helium balloons | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | the helium | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The balloon fills up with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 balloon | det |
| 2 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fills | nsubj |
| 3 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 fills | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fills | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill up | present | the balloon | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
Option 2
Air pushes the helium out through the knot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pushes | nsubj |
| 2 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 helium | det |
| 4 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pushes | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 pushes | compound:prt |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 knot | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 knot | det |
| 8 | knot | knot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pushes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push out | present | Air | the helium | the knot | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent helium=Theme through knot=Trajectory |
Option 3
Helium loses all its lift after a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loses | nsubj |
| 2 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 lift | det:predet |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 lift | nmod:poss |
| 5 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loses | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | Helium | Helium's lift | day | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lift=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | lift | Helium | nom lift «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tiny helium atoms escape through the rubber
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 atoms | amod |
| 2 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 atoms | compound |
| 3 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 escape | nsubj |
| 4 | escape | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 rubber | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rubber | det |
| 7 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 escape | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | present | Tiny helium atoms | the rubber | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through rubber=Initial_Location |
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