Test 1 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works
"i just splashed my hands under the tap after the garden, that's fine yeah?" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, that · What happens: splash, be · To what, where: hands, tap
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Soap and why washing works» 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: "i just splashed my hands under the tap after the garden, that's fine yeah?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 splashed | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 splashed | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 splashed | advmod |
| 4 | splashed | splash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 splashed | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 tap | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tap | det |
| 9 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 splashed | obl |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 garden | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 garden | det |
| 12 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 splashed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fine | punct |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 fine | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fine | cop |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 splashed | advcl |
| 17 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 16 fine | discourse |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 splashed | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 splashed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | splash in a quote | past | i | my hands | the tap | after the garden | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme under tap=Destination | ||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | fine 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.
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
No, you need to scrub with sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 need | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 need | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 scrub | mark |
| 6 | scrub | scrub | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 need | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 sand | case |
| 8 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scrub | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | scrub not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | with sand | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Soap and about 20 seconds work much better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 seconds | cc |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 20 | advmod |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 seconds | nummod |
| 5 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Soap | conj |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 better | advmod |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 work | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Soap and 20 seconds | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, if the water is really cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 cold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 cold | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 cold | advmod |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | cold property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, water alone washes away every single germ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 water | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 washes | nsubj |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 water | advmod |
| 5 | washes | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 washes | advmod |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 germ | det |
| 8 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 germ | amod |
| 9 | germ | germ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 washes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash away | present | water | every single germ | away property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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