Test 7 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid
Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. What's the real trick?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pond skater, real trick · What happens: walk, be · To what, where: water
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skater | compound |
| 2 | skater | skater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walks | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cartoon | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cartoon | det |
| 5 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skater | nmod |
| 6 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walks | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 magic | case |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walks | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 walks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | Pond skater in a cartoon | water | by magic | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory |
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 trick?
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 trick | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trick | amod |
| 5 | trick | trick | 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 trick | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It flaps its tiny wings very fast to hover
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 flaps | nsubj |
| 2 | flaps | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wings | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wings | amod |
| 5 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flaps | obj |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 fast | advmod |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 flaps | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hover | mark |
| 9 | hover | hover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flap | present | It | its tiny wings | fast property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | |||
| 2 | hover | to-infinitive | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It stands on the water's surface skin
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 stands | nsubj |
| 2 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 skin | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 water | case |
| 7 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 skin | compound |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stands | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | It | the water's surface skin | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on skin=Location |
Option 3
It walks on hidden floating leaves
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 walks | nsubj |
| 2 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 leaves | case |
| 4 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 leaves | amod |
| 5 | floating | float | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 leaves | amod |
| 6 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 walks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | It | hidden floating leaves | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leaf=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | float | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Its feet are full of helium
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 feet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 helium | case |
| 6 | helium | helium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Its feet | of helium; full property | tree rules |
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