Test 3 · ★★ · The air we breathe
"carbon dioxide's such a tiny bit of the air, it can't matter, innit". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: carbon dioxide, it · What happens: bit, not matter, be
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» 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: "carbon dioxide's such a tiny bit of the air, it can't matter, innit".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 bit | punct |
| 2 | carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dioxide | compound |
| 3 | dioxide | dioxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bit | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dioxide | case |
| 5 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 bit | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 7 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bit | amod |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 matter | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 air | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 air | det |
| 11 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bit | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bit | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 matter | nsubj |
| 14 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 matter | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 matter | advmod |
| 16 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 innit | punct |
| 18 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 matter | discourse |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 innit | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bit in a quote | carbon dioxide | of the air | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not matter in a quote | can | it | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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
It cools the planet down
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 cools | nsubj |
| 2 | cools | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 planet | det |
| 4 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cools | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 cools | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool down | present | It | the planet | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent planet=Patient |
Option 2
He's right, it changes nothing at all, ever
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 | _ | 6 changes | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 changes | nsubj |
| 6 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 changes | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 nothing | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ever | punct |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 right | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | ever | right property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | change | present | it | nothing | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Even a small change traps more heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 4 change | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 change | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 change | amod |
| 4 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 traps | nsubj |
| 5 | traps | trap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 heat | amod |
| 7 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 traps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trap | present | a small change | more heat | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It is actually most of the air
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 | 4 most | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 most | cop |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 most | advmod |
| 4 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 most | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | of the air; actually, most property | tree rules |
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