Test 1 · Plastics: useful and stubborn
Kai: "chuck the corn plastic cup on the compost heap in the garden, it'll rot". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, cup · What happens: chuck, rot, be · To what, where: corn plastic cup, compost heap
This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Plastics: useful and stubborn» 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: Kai: "chuck the corn plastic cup on the compost heap in the garden, it'll rot".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chuck | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuck | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuck | punct |
| 4 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cup | det |
| 6 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cup | compound |
| 7 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cup | amod |
| 8 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chuck | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 heap | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 heap | det |
| 11 | compost | compost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 heap | compound |
| 12 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chuck | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 garden | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garden | det |
| 15 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chuck | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 rot | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 rot | nsubj |
| 18 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 rot | aux |
| 19 | rot | rot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 chuck | parataxis |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 rot | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck in a quote | infinitive | Kai | the corn plastic cup | the compost heap | in the garden | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cup=Theme on heap=Destination | ||
| 2 | rot in a quote | future | cup | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Most need a special hot composter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 composter | det |
| 4 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 composter | amod |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 composter | amod |
| 6 | composter | composter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Most | a special hot composter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot composter=Theme |
Option 2
It rots in a week on any heap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rots | nsubj |
| 2 | rots | rot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 week | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rots | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 heap | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 heap | det |
| 8 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rots | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rot | present | It | any heap | week | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It turns into corn on the heap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 corn | case |
| 4 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 heap | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heap | det |
| 7 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | corn | on the heap | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into corn=Source on heap=Trajectory |
Option 4
It is no different from a carrot peel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 different | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 different | cop |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 different | det |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 peel | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 peel | det |
| 7 | carrot | carrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 peel | compound |
| 8 | peel | peel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 different | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | a carrot peel | different property | tree rules |
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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