Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

«nan's told me a MILLION times no foil in the microwave, why tho» What is the real reason, and how often did Nan really say it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: tell, be, say · To what, where: nan, me, real reason, reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj:pass
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 MILLION	det
7	MILLION	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obl:unmarked
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 foil	det
10	foil	foil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 times	nmod:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 microwave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 microwave	det
13	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 foil	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 why	punct
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	22 reason	advmod
16	tho	tho	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 why	nsubj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 why	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 reason	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 reason	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 reason	det
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 reason	amod
22	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 say	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 say	cc
25	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	27 did	advmod
26	often	often	ADV	_	27 did	advmod
27	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 say	aux
28	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 did	obj
29	really	really	ADV	_	30 say	advmod
30	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	conj
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 say	obj
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	present · passive	nan	me	time	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Topic
2	is a	present	the real reason			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past · do-support	reason			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Metal can spark in there; she said it many times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spark	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spark	aux
3	spark	spark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 there	case
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 spark	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spark	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	obj
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 times	amod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spark	can	Metal						vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition
2	say speech: assert	past	she	Metal			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Foil melts into the food; she only said it once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 food	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 food	det
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 melts	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 melts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	Foil			the food		once property	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into food=Product
2	say speech: assert	past	Foil	food					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Foil is safe; she just likes to moan about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 likes	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 likes	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 likes	advmod
7	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 moan	mark
9	moan	moan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 likes	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 moan	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Foil	safe property	tree rules
2	like	present	she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	moan not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	about Foil	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 4

Foil makes the food taste of metal; a million times exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foil	foil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 taste	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taste	compound
5	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 metal	case
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taste	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 times	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 million	det
10	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obl:unmarked
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Foil	the food taste of metal			time	exactly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset taste=Product
2	taste			metal					nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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