Test 1 · ★★ · Glass and pottery
Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old church windows, glass · What happens: be, drip down · To what, where: bottom
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» 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: Max: "old church windows are thicker at the bottom 'cos glass slowly drips down".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 thicker | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 thicker | punct |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 windows | amod |
| 5 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 windows | compound |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 thicker | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thicker | cop |
| 8 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Max | parataxis |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 bottom | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bottom | det |
| 11 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thicker | obl |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 bottom | punct |
| 13 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 16 drips | mark |
| 14 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 drips | nsubj |
| 15 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 16 drips | advmod |
| 16 | drips | drip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thicker | conj |
| 17 | down | down | ADP | _ | 16 drips | compound:prt |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 drips | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Max | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | old church windows | the bottom | thick property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | drip down in a quote | present | glass | slowly property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
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
The bottom got thicker from dirt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bottom | det |
| 2 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 dirt | case |
| 6 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the bottom | dirt | thick property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from dirt=Destination |
Option 2
He's right, glass is a very slow liquid that drips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 liquid | punct |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 liquid | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 liquid | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 liquid | det |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 slow | advmod |
| 9 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 liquid | amod |
| 10 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 drips | nsubj |
| 12 | drips | drip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 liquid | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | glass | a slow liquid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drip | present | a slow liquid | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
Option 3
The top was worn down by the rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 top | det |
| 2 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 worn | aux:pass |
| 4 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 worn | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 rain | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rain | det |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear down | past · passive | the rain | the top | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were made uneven; glass does not flow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | uneven | uneven | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | xcomp |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flow | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 flow | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 flow | advmod |
| 9 | flow | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | They | uneven property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | not flow | present · do-support | glass | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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