Test 2 · ★ · Colours of fire: fireworks
"sparkler's just a pretty light, it's not even hot, innit". Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: light, sparkler · What happens: not be, light
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» 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: "sparkler's just a pretty light, it's not even hot, innit".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 light | punct |
| 2 | sparkler | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 light | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 sparkler | case |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 light | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 light | det |
| 6 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 light | amod |
| 7 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hot | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hot | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hot | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 hot | advmod |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 hot | advmod |
| 13 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 light | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hot | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 hot | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 light | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | light | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | light in a quote | sparkler | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it burns hotter than an oven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 burns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 burns | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 burns | nsubj |
| 4 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 burns | xcomp |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 oven | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 oven | det |
| 8 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hotter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | it | hot property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, only the handle is hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 hot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 handle | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 handle | det |
| 5 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hot | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hot | cop |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the handle | hot property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, but only the smoke is hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 hot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hot | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 hot | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 smoke | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 smoke | det |
| 6 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hot | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hot | cop |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the smoke | hot property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, sparklers give cold light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sparklers | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 light | amod |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | sparklers | cold light | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
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