Test 5 · ★★ · The air we breathe
A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon climber, air · What happens: say, be · To what, where: all · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A cartoon climber on Everest says there's no air up there at all.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 climber | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climber | compound |
| 3 | climber | climber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 Everest | case |
| 5 | Everest | Everest | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 climber | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 's | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | ccomp |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 air | det |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| 11 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 there | advmod |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 's | advmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 's | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cartoon climber on Everest | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | present | no air | all; there; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
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 air is made of ice up there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ice | case |
| 6 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | up | up | ADV | _ | 8 there | advmod |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the air | there | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 2
There is no air at all above the highest clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 air | det |
| 4 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 clouds | case |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 clouds | advmod |
| 7 | above | above | ADP | _ | 10 clouds | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 clouds | det |
| 9 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 clouds | amod |
| 10 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 is | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no air | the highest clouds; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cloud=Location |
Option 3
There is more oxygen high up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 oxygen | amod |
| 4 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 up | advmod |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 is | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | more oxygen | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
There is air, but each breath has less oxygen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 has | cc |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 breath | det |
| 7 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 is | conj |
| 9 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 oxygen | amod |
| 10 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | air | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | each breath | less oxygen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |
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