Test 1 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid
Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". What's the real reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh ice, ice, real reason · What happens: float, get, be · To what, where: air
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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: Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ice | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Josh | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Josh | punct |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 floats | nsubj |
| 5 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 9 got | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 floats | ccomp |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 all | punct |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 all | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 all | cop |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 floats | advcl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 all | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 floats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float in a quote | present | Josh ice | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | ice | air | air | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=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 the real reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ice is made of lighter water from clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 clouds | case |
| 8 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Ice | clouds | of lighter water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from cloud=Material |
Option 2
He's right, only air bubbles do it
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 | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 air | advmod |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bubbles | compound |
| 7 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | present | air bubbles | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
Ice is pulled up to the top by the cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pulled | aux:pass |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 pulled | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 top | det |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 cold | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cold | det |
| 10 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull up | present · passive | the cold | Ice | the top | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to top=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Water spreads out when it freezes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spreads | nsubj |
| 2 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 spreads | compound:prt |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 freezes | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 freezes | nsubj |
| 6 | freezes | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 spreads | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread out | present | Water | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | freeze | present | Water | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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