Test 10 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid
You run a race in the heat and feel dizzy. Why does drinking water help?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: run, feel, drink · To what, where: race, heat, water help
This is test 10 · ★★★ 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: You run a race in the heat and feel dizzy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 run | nsubj |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 race | det |
| 4 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 run | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 heat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heat | det |
| 7 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 run | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 feel | cc |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 run | conj |
| 10 | dizzy | dizzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | You | a race | the heat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent race=Theme in heat=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | You not said here | dizzy property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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: Why does drinking water help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 drinking | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 drinking | aux |
| 3 | drinking | drink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | compound |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drinking | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 drinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present · do-support | water help | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Water gives your muscles new sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 muscles | nmod:poss |
| 4 | muscles | muscle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gives | obj |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sugar | amod |
| 6 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Water | your muscles | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Recipient sugar=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Water cools down the air around you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cools | nsubj |
| 2 | cools | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 air | det |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cools | obl |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 cools | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool down | present | Water | the air | around you | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Your body lost water by sweating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 5 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 6 sweating | mark |
| 6 | sweating | sweat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lost | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | Your body | water | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | sweat | gerund | Your body not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Water stops you sweating any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 stops | obj |
| 4 | sweating | sweat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stops | xcomp |
| 5 | any | any | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 sweating | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Water | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sweat | gerund | Water not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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