Test 6 · Metals and what they're good for
In a video game, a hero builds a bridge from pure gold. What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hero · What happens: build, be · To what, where: bridge, video game
This is test 6 of lesson 31 «Metals and what they're good for» 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 video game, a hero builds a bridge from pure gold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 builds | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hero | det |
| 7 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 builds | nsubj |
| 8 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bridge | det |
| 10 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 builds | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 gold | case |
| 12 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 gold | amod |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 builds | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 builds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | a hero | a bridge | a video game | from pure gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product from gold=Material |
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 with that?
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 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Gold is too soft and rare for a bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soft | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 soft | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 soft | advmod |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rare | cc |
| 6 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 soft | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 bridge | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bridge | det |
| 9 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soft | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Gold | for a bridge; soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Gold not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Gold melts in the sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 melts | nsubj |
| 2 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sunshine | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sunshine | det |
| 5 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 melts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | Gold | the sunshine | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Gold rusts very fast in the rain and falls apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rusts | nsubj |
| 2 | rusts | rust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 fast | advmod |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 rusts | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 rain | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rain | det |
| 7 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rusts | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 falls | cc |
| 9 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rusts | conj |
| 10 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 9 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rust | present | Gold | the rain | fast property | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | fall apart | present | Gold not said here | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Gold is too light for a bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 light | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 light | advmod |
| 4 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bridge | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bridge | det |
| 7 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Gold | for a bridge; light property | tree rules |
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