Test 9 · ★★ · Soap and why washing works
"ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!" What's the honest reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ugh timey soap, 's, honest reply · What happens: let, make, be · To what, where: 's, some, kitchen
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: "ugh old-timey soap from wood ash, let's make some in the kitchen!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 soap | punct |
| 2 | ugh | ugh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 soap | amod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 timey | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 old | punct |
| 5 | timey | timey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soap | compound |
| 6 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 let | nsubj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 ash | case |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ash | compound |
| 9 | ash | ash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soap | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 soap | punct |
| 11 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 let | obj |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 let | xcomp |
| 14 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 make | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 kitchen | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 kitchen | det |
| 17 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obl |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 let | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | infinitive | ugh timey soap from wood ash | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | some | the kitchen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset some=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 the honest reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Sure, it's just warm water and ash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 7 water | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sure | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 water | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 water | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 water | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ash | cc |
| 9 | ash | ash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | warm water and ash | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but only in a plastic bowl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 bowl | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 bowl | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 bowl | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bowl | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bowl | det |
| 7 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bowl | amod |
| 8 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, lye is very caustic, not for kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 caustic | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lye | lye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caustic | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 caustic | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 caustic | advmod |
| 6 | caustic | caustic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kids | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 kids | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 kids | case |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 caustic | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lye | for kids; caustic property | tree rules |
Option 4
Sure, if you add lemon juice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 5 add | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sure | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 add | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 add | nsubj |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 juice | compound |
| 7 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 add | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | you | lemon juice | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |
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