Test 8 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works
Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles. What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: new town · What happens: make, go on · To what, where: grey scum, bath
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Grandma's new town makes grey scum in the bath and crusty kettles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 town | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Grandma | case |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 town | amod |
| 4 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 scum | amod |
| 7 | scum | scum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bath | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bath | det |
| 10 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 kettles | cc |
| 12 | crusty | crusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 kettles | amod |
| 13 | kettles | kettle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bath | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Grandma's new town | grey scum | the bath and crusty kettles | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset scum=Product |
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 going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The water is hard, full of minerals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hard | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hard | cop |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hard | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 minerals | case |
| 8 | minerals | mineral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the water not said here | of minerals | tree rules |
Option 2
The pipes are full of old soap from before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pipes | det |
| 2 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 soap | case |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 soap | amod |
| 7 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 before | case |
| 9 | before | before | ADV | _ | 4 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the pipes | of old soap; full property | tree rules |
Option 3
The water is too soft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 soft | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 soft | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 soft | advmod |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the water | soft property | tree rules |
Option 4
Someone put salt in the water tank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 put | nsubj |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tank | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tank | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tank | compound |
| 7 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | Someone | salt | the water tank | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme in tank=Destination |
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