Test 11 · Famous discoveries told as stories
"Marie Curie's old notebooks are just paper, read them anywhere". What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old notebooks · What happens: be, read · To what, where: paper, notebooks
This is test 11 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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: "Marie Curie's old notebooks are just paper, read them anywhere".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 paper | punct |
| 2 | Marie | Marie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 notebooks | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Curie | Curie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Marie | flat |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Marie | case |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 notebooks | amod |
| 6 | notebooks | notebook | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 paper | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 paper | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 paper | advmod |
| 9 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 read | punct |
| 11 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 paper | parataxis |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 read | obj |
| 13 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 read | advmod |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 read | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 paper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Marie's old notebooks | paper | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read in a quote | infinitive | notebooks = notebook | anywhere property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are still radioactive and kept with care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 radioactive | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 radioactive | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 radioactive | advmod |
| 4 | radioactive | radioactive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kept | cc |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 radioactive | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 care | case |
| 8 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | still | radioactive property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | keep | participle | They not said here | with care | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They glow in the dark like torches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 glow | nsubj |
| 2 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 dark | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dark | det |
| 5 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glow | obl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 torches | case |
| 7 | torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 glow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | They | the dark | like torches | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
Option 3
They are ordinary paper, safe anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paper | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paper | cop |
| 3 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paper | amod |
| 4 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 safe | punct |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paper | amod |
| 7 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 safe | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | ordinary paper | tree rules |
Option 4
They were all burnt long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 burnt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 burnt | aux:pass |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 burnt | advmod |
| 4 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 ago | advmod |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 4 burnt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burnt | past · passive | They | ago, all property | tree rules |
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