Test 1 · ★ · Leaves, fruit and colour in nature
Lily: "leaves go yellow in autumn cos they get painted by the cold". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, cold · What happens: go, paint, be · To what, where: leaves
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 28 «Leaves, fruit and colour in nature» 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: Lily: "leaves go yellow in autumn cos they get painted by the cold".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 4 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 autumn | case |
| 8 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 12 painted | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 painted | nsubj |
| 11 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 painted | aux:pass |
| 12 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 go | advcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 cold | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cold | det |
| 15 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 painted | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 cold | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | Lily | autumn | yellow property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | paint in a quote | present · passive | the cold | leaves = leaf | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's right, cold paints the leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 paints | parataxis |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cold | punct |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 6 | paints | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 leaves | det |
| 8 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 paints | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | She not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | paint | present | the leaves | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent leaf=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The yellow was there, hidden by green
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 yellow | det |
| 2 | yellow | yellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 there | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 there | cop |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hidden | punct |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 there | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 green | case |
| 8 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the yellow | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | participle | the yellow not said here | by green | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by green=Location |
Option 3
Leaves turn yellow from the rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 turn | xcomp |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 rain | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rain | det |
| 6 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Leaves | the rain | yellow property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from rain=Trajectory |
Option 4
Leaves soak up yellow light in autumn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 soak | nsubj |
| 2 | soak | soak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 soak | compound:prt |
| 4 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 light | amod |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soak | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 autumn | case |
| 7 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak up | present | Leaves | yellow light | autumn | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent light=Source |
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