Test 8 · Metals and what they're good for
"whack steel on a rock, sparks, so the rock's full of fire, right?"
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓
This is test 8 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 steel | punct |
| 2 | whack | whack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 steel | compound |
| 3 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rock | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rock | det |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 steel | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sparks | punct |
| 8 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rock | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 full | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 full | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rock | det |
| 12 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 full | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 rock | case |
| 14 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 steel | parataxis |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 fire | case |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 full | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 right | punct |
| 18 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 14 full | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 steel | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 steel | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, the sparks are tiny stones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 stones | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sparks | det |
| 4 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stones | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stones | cop |
| 6 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stones | amod |
| 7 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sparks | tiny stones | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, tiny bits of hot steel burn as sparks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 bits | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bits | punct |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bits | amod |
| 4 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 burn | case |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 burn | amod |
| 7 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 burn | compound |
| 8 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bits | nmod |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 sparks | case |
| 10 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 burn | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, flint has lots of fire stored up inside it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | flint | flint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lots | nmod |
| 8 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 lots | acl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 stored | compound:prt |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | flint | lots of fire | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | store up | participle | lots of fire not said here | flint | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inside it=Location |
Option 4
No, the sparks are from the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 air | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sparks | det |
| 4 | sparks | spark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 air | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 air | cop |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 air | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 air | det |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sparks | the air | tree rules |
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