Test 4 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home
A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on. What should really happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon scientist · What happens: splash, carry on, happen · To what, where: potion, eye
This is test 4 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» 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: A cartoon scientist splashes potion in his eye and just blinks and carries on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 scientist | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scientist | compound |
| 3 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 splashes | nsubj |
| 4 | splashes | splash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 splashes | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 eye | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eye | nmod:poss |
| 8 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 splashes | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 blinks | cc |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 blinks | advmod |
| 11 | blinks | blink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 eye | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 carries | cc |
| 13 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 splashes | conj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 carries | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 splashes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | splash | present | a cartoon scientist | potion | scientist's eye and blinks | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent potion=Theme in eye=Destination | |||
| 2 | carry on | present | a cartoon scientist not said here | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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 should really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Cover the eye and keep on working
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eye | det |
| 3 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cover | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 keep | cc |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cover | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 working | case |
| 7 | working | working | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | the eye | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | working | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on working=Location |
Option 2
Blink fast until the eye stops stinging
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blink | blink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Blink | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 stops | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eye | det |
| 5 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Blink | advcl |
| 7 | stinging | sting | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stops | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blink | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | the eye | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | sting | gerund | the eye not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rinse with lots of clean water and get help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rinse | rinse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 lots | case |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Rinse | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lots | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Rinse | conj |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rinse | imperative | you not said here | with lots of clean water | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |
Option 4
Rub the eye until the potion is gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eye | det |
| 3 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 gone | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 potion | det |
| 6 | potion | potion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gone | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 gone | cop |
| 8 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Rub | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | imperative | you not said here | the eye | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the potion | gone property | tree rules |
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