Test 3 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up

In a cartoon, a lab-made lemon flavour is called "fake poison" though its molecule is exactly the same as the fruit's. What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: molecule · What happens: make, call, be · To what, where: made lemon flavour, cartoon, fake poison · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a lab-made lemon flavour is called "fake poison" though its molecule is exactly the same as the fruit's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flavour	det
6	lab	lab	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 lab	punct
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 flavour	amod
9	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flavour	compound
10	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 called	aux:pass
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 poison	punct
14	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 poison	amod
15	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	xcomp
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 poison	punct
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	23 same	mark
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 molecule	nmod:poss
19	molecule	molecule	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 same	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 same	cop
21	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	23 same	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 same	det
23	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 poison	acl
24	as	as	ADP	_	26 fruit	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 fruit	det
26	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 same	obl
27	's	's	PART	_	26 fruit	case
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	participle					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	call	present · passive		a made lemon flavour	a cartoon		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	is	present	flavour's molecule	fake poison not said here		as the fruit; exactly, same 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: What's wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Fruit molecules are always safer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 molecules	compound
2	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safer	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safer	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 safer	advmod
5	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fruit molecules					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Nothing is wrong, because molecules made in labs are always poisonous to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 poisonous	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 poisonous	mark
6	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 poisonous	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 molecules	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 labs	case
9	labs	lab	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	obl
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 poisonous	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 poisonous	advmod
12	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wrong	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 eat	mark
14	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 poisonous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing			wrong property	tree rules
2	make	participle		molecules not said here	labs		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	is	present	molecules			always, poisonous property	tree rules
4	eat	to-infinitive	molecules not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A molecule is the same whether a plant or a lab made it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 molecule	det
2	molecule	molecule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 same	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 same	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plant	det
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 lab	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lab	det
11	lab	lab	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plant	conj
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 same	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a molecule					same property	tree rules
2	make	past	a plant or a lab	molecule					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 4

Only plants can make real molecules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 plants	advmod
2	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 molecules	amod
6	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	plants	real molecules					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset molecule=Product

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