Test 10 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works

Why can washing powder get an egg stain out even at 30 °C?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: egg · What happens: wash, get, stain out · To what, where: egg, 30 ° C

This is test 10 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 powder	amod
4	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	compound
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 egg	det
7	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	stain	stain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	xcomp
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 stain	compound:prt
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 30	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 30	case
12	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 C	nummod
13	°	°	SYM	_	14 C	compound
14	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stain	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wash	gerund			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	can		a egg	tree rules
3	stain out	infinitive	a egg not said here	30 ° C	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its enzymes break down the stain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 enzymes	nmod:poss
2	enzymes	enzyme	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
3	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 break	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stain	det
6	stain	stain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	present	Its enzymes	the stain					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stain=Patient

Option 2

The stain fades in the dark drum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stain	det
2	stain	stain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fades	nsubj
3	fades	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 drum	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drum	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drum	amod
7	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fades	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fade	present	the stain			the dark drum			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The egg dissolves in any water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	nsubj
3	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	the egg			any water			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The machine boils the water anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 machine	det
2	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boils	nsubj
3	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boils	obj
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 boils	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	the machine	the water				anyway property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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