Test 7 · Dyes, inks and colouring
Ella's aunt dyes her hair at home without reading the box. What should she have done first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt · What happens: dye, read, do · To what, where: hair, home, box
This is test 7 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» 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: Ella's aunt dyes her hair at home without reading the box.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ella | case |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyes | nsubj |
| 4 | dyes | dye | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyes | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dyes | obl |
| 9 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 10 reading | mark |
| 10 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 dyes | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reading | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dyes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dye | present | Ella's aunt | aunt's hair | home | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | |||
| 2 | read | gerund | Ella's aunt not said here | the box | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Topic |
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 she have done first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 done | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 done | aux |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 done | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should · perfect | aunt | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Leave the dye in the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dye | det |
| 3 | dye | dye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sun | det |
| 6 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the dye | the sun | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dye=Theme in sun=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A skin test for allergy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 test | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 test | compound |
| 3 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 allergy | case |
| 5 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 test | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Wash the dye in cold water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dye | det |
| 3 | dye | dye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wash | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | imperative | you not said here | the dye | cold water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dye=Patient |
Option 4
Mix two dyes together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mix | mix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 dyes | nummod |
| 3 | dyes | dye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mix | obj |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Mix | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | imperative | you not said here | two dyes | together property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dye=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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