Test 5 · Bread rising: yeast at work
Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven". Why does that work?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: stale bread, that · What happens: pop, work · To what, where: Gran, oven
This is test 5 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
Sentence 1: Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 pop | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 bread | punct |
| 4 | stale | stale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bread | amod |
| 5 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pop | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bread | punct |
| 7 | pop | pop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Gran | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pop | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 oven | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 oven | det |
| 11 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pop | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 oven | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop in a quote | infinitive | stale bread | Gran | the oven | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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 does that work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 work | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · do-support | that | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Warming softens it for a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warming | warming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 softens | nsubj |
| 2 | softens | soften | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 softens | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 while | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 while | det |
| 6 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 softens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soften | present | Warming | it | while | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
The oven adds fresh yeast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 oven | det |
| 2 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 adds | nsubj |
| 3 | adds | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 yeast | amod |
| 5 | yeast | yeast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 adds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | the oven | fresh yeast | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yeast=Patient |
Option 3
The oven puts sugar back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 oven | det |
| 2 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | nsubj |
| 3 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 puts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put back | present | the oven | sugar | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sugar=Goal |
Option 4
Heat turns the bread back into dough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bread | det |
| 4 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 turns | advmod |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 dough | case |
| 7 | dough | dough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn back | present | Heat | the bread | dough | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
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