Test 6 · Bread rising: yeast at work
Leo says penicillin proves all mould is good to eat. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, penicillin, mould · What happens: say, prove, be, eat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Leo says penicillin proves all mould is good to eat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | penicillin | penicillin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 proves | nsubj |
| 4 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 mould | det |
| 6 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 good | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 good | cop |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 proves | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 eat | mark |
| 10 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 good | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | penicillin | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | all mould | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | eat | to-infinitive | all mould not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
All mould is a medicine, so any mouldy bread is healthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 mould | det |
| 2 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 medicine | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 medicine | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 medicine | det |
| 5 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 healthy | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 healthy | advmod |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 bread | det |
| 9 | mouldy | mouldy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bread | amod |
| 10 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 healthy | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 healthy | cop |
| 12 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 medicine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | all mould | a medicine | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | any mouldy bread | healthy property | tree rules |
Option 2
Penicillin is made from yeast, not mould
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penicillin | penicillin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 yeast | case |
| 5 | yeast | yeast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mould | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 mould | advmod |
| 8 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 yeast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Penicillin | yeast and mould | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from yeast=Material |
Option 3
Mould is never useful for anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 useful | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 useful | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 useful | advmod |
| 4 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 anything | case |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 useful | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Mould | for anything; useful property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One mould gave a medicine, but bread mould can be harmful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 mould | nummod |
| 2 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 medicine | det |
| 5 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 harmful | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 harmful | cc |
| 8 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mould | compound |
| 9 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 harmful | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 harmful | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 harmful | cop |
| 12 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | One mould | a medicine | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | can | bread mould | harmful property | tree rules |
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