Test 8 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up
A struck match gives a sharp smell. Where does it come from?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: struck match, match · What happens: strike, give, come · To what, where: sharp smell
This is test 8 · ★ 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 struck match gives a sharp smell.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 match | det |
| 2 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 match | amod |
| 3 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gives | nsubj |
| 4 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 smell | det |
| 6 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 smell | amod |
| 7 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gives | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | give | present | a struck match | a sharp smell | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme |
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: Where does it come from?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 come | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 come | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · do-support | match | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The wood was always smelly inside, and the flame just lets it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wood | det |
| 2 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smelly | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smelly | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 smelly | advmod |
| 5 | smelly | smelly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 smelly | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lets | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lets | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 flame | det |
| 10 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lets | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 lets | advmod |
| 12 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smelly | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 lets | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 lets | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the wood | always, inside, smelly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | let out | present | the flame | wood | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Your nose gets scratched by the flame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scratched | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scratched | aux:pass |
| 4 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 flame | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flame | det |
| 7 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scratched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scratch | present · passive | the flame | Your nose | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
Smoke is the only thing with no molecules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 molecules | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 molecules | det |
| 8 | molecules | molecule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 thing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Smoke | the only thing | with no molecules | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
New gas molecules made by the burning, which your nose senses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 molecules | amod |
| 2 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 molecules | compound |
| 3 | molecules | molecule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 senses | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 molecules | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 burning | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 burning | det |
| 7 | burning | burning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 senses | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 senses | obj |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 nose | nmod:poss |
| 11 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 senses | nsubj |
| 12 | senses | sense | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | New gas molecules not said here | by the burning | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | sense | present | New gas molecules | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
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