Test 11 · Bread rising: yeast at work

"pitta's got no yeast so how's it got a pocket??"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pitta · What happens: get, be · To what, where: yeast

This is test 11 of lesson 21 «Bread rising: yeast at work» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
2	pitta	pitta	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 yeast	det
6	yeast	yeast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 got	advmod
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 got	cop
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pocket	det
13	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj
14	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	pitta	no yeast					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yeast=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	present	pitta					get property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Bakers blow it up like a balloon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bakers	baker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blow	nsubj
2	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blow	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 blow	compound:prt
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 balloon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 balloon	det
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow up	present	Bakers	it				like a balloon	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

It's baked folded in half

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	4 folded	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 folded	aux
3	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 folded	aux:pass
4	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 half	case
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 folded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	present · passive		It		half			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Steam from water inside puffs it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puffs	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Steam	nmod
4	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 puffs	advmod
5	puffs	puff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 puffs	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 puffs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puff up	present	Steam from water	water				inside property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Source

Option 4

It's cut open by a machine

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 cut	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cut	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 machine	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 machine	det
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive	a machine	It				open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product

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