Test 10 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up
A sugar molecule has 45 atoms. Which atoms are they?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sugar molecule, atoms · What happens: have, be · To what, where: 45 atoms, atoms
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» 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: A sugar molecule has 45 atoms.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 molecule | det |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 molecule | compound |
| 3 | molecule | molecule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 atoms | nummod |
| 6 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a sugar molecule | 45 atoms | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent atom=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: Which atoms are they?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 atoms | det |
| 2 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 they | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 they | cop |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 they | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which atoms | atoms = atom | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sodium and chlorine, like salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sodium | sodium | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 chlorine | cc |
| 3 | chlorine | chlorine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sodium | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 salt | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 salt | case |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sodium | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hydrogen | punct |
| 3 | hydrogen | hydrogen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carbon | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 oxygen | cc |
| 5 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carbon | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Iron, oxygen and a little sulphur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 oxygen | punct |
| 3 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Iron | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sulphur | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sulphur | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sulphur | amod |
| 7 | sulphur | sulphur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Iron | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Only carbon, packed in a ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 carbon | advmod |
| 2 | carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 carbon | punct |
| 4 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ring | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ring | det |
| 7 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | participle | carbon | a ring | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in ring=Destination |
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