Test 9 · ★ · Recycling: giving materials a second life
"chuck the apple core in the compost, yeah?" What happens to it there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: chuck, happen · To what, where: apple core, compost
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 32 «Recycling: giving materials a second life» 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: "chuck the apple core in the compost, yeah?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuck | punct |
| 2 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 core | det |
| 4 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 core | compound |
| 5 | core | core | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chuck | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 compost | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 compost | det |
| 8 | compost | compost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 core | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuck | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 chuck | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuck | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the apple core | the compost | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent core=Theme in compost=Destination |
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 happens to it there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 happens | obl |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 happens | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | compost | there | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It makes the compost poisonous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 compost | det |
| 4 | compost | compost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the compost | poisonous property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material compost=Product |
Option 2
It turns into a tree straight away, roots and all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 turns | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 roots | punct |
| 9 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turns | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 all | cc |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 roots | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | roots | a tree | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tree=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Microbes turn it into food for plants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microbes | microbe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turn | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 food | case |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 plants | case |
| 7 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Microbes | it | food | for plants | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into food=Trajectory |
Option 4
It stays an apple core forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stays | nsubj |
| 2 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 core | det |
| 4 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 core | compound |
| 5 | core | core | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stays | obj |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 stays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | It | a apple core | forever property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme core=Location |
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