Test 5 · Plastics: useful and stubborn
Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once". Right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, number · What happens: hold up, mean, recycle · To what, where: bottle, number · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 holds | compound:prt |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bottle | det |
| 5 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 means | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 number | punct |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 means | nsubj |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 number | flat |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 triangle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 triangle | det |
| 12 | triangle | triangle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 1 | nmod |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 holds | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 recycled | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 recycled | aux |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 recycled | aux:pass |
| 17 | recycled | recycle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 means | ccomp |
| 18 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 recycled | advmod |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 recycled | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 holds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold up | present | Dad | a bottle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | number | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | recycle in a quote | present · passive | number | once property | tree rules |
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
Yes, it counts how many times it was recycled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 counts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 counts | nsubj |
| 4 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 times | amod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 counts | obj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 recycled | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 recycled | aux:pass |
| 10 | recycled | recycle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 times | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | it | time | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | recycle | past · passive | many times not said here | it | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, and number 7 means seven times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 means | cc |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 number | flat |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 means | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | number | time | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, it says how many litres it holds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 litres | amod |
| 7 | litres | litre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | obj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 holds | nsubj |
| 9 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 litres | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | it | many litres | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent litre=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | it | many litres not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, the number says which kind of plastic it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 7 kind | det |
| 7 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 plastic | case |
| 9 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | nmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the number | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | number | which kind | of plastic | tree rules |
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