Test 8 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons
In a cartoon, a balloon is filled with hot air and then left in a freezer, where it floats up. What would really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: balloon · What happens: fill, leave, float up, happen · To what, where: balloon, cartoon, freezer
This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a balloon is filled with hot air and then left in a freezer, where it floats up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 balloon | det |
| 6 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 filled | aux:pass |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 air | case |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 air | amod |
| 11 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 left | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 left | advmod |
| 14 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 filled | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 freezer | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 freezer | det |
| 17 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 left | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 floats | punct |
| 19 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 floats | advmod |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 floats | nsubj |
| 21 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 freezer | acl:relcl |
| 22 | up | up | ADP | _ | 21 floats | compound:prt |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 filled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present · passive | a balloon | a cartoon | with hot air | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with air=Instrument | |||
| 2 | leave | past | then | in a freezer result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in freezer=Result | ||||
| 3 | float up | present | balloon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 would really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The air would cool and the balloon would shrink and sink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cool | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cool | aux |
| 4 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shrink | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 balloon | det |
| 7 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shrink | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 shrink | aux |
| 9 | shrink | shrink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cool | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sink | cc |
| 11 | sink | sink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cool | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | would | the air | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | shrink | would | the balloon | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | sink | infinitive | the air not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
It would turn into ice and fly
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 | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fly | cc |
| 7 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ice | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | It | ice and fly | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into ice=Trajectory |
Option 3
It would burst from the cold
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 | 3 burst | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 burst | aux |
| 3 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 cold | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cold | det |
| 6 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burst | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burst | would | It | the cold | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It would float higher in the cold
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 | 3 float | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 float | aux |
| 3 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 float | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cold | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 float | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | would | It | the cold | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cold=Trajectory |
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