Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★
Ella wants to show her class the salt hidden in salty water, safely. Which plan works?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, plan · What happens: want, show, hide, work · To what, where: class, salt, salty water
This is test 10 · ★★★ 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
Sentence 1: Ella wants to show her class the salt hidden in salty water, safely.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 show | mark |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 class | nmod:poss |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 salt | det |
| 8 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | obj |
| 9 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 salt | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 11 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 water | amod |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hidden | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 safely | punct |
| 14 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 4 show | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Ella | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ella not said here | Ella's class | safely property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent class=Recipient salt=Topic | |||
| 3 | hide | participle | the salt not said here | salty water | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
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: Which plan works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 works | nsubj |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | which plan | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Freeze it, then pick out the salt cubes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Freeze | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pick | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Freeze | parataxis |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 pick | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cubes | det |
| 8 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cubes | compound |
| 9 | cubes | cube | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | imperative | you not said here | it | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | ||||
| 2 | pick out | infinitive | the salt cubes | then | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cube=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Pour it into a wide dish, leave it in the sun for days, then look for crystals
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 dish | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dish | det |
| 5 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dish | amod |
| 6 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 leave | punct |
| 8 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pour | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 leave | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sun | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sun | det |
| 12 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leave | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 days | case |
| 14 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 leave | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 look | punct |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 look | advmod |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pour | conj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 crystals | case |
| 19 | crystals | crystal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | it | a wide dish | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into dish=Destination | |||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | dish | the sun | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sun=Location | ||
| 3 | look | infinitive | you not said here | then | for crystals | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for crystal=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Filter it, and the salt stays on the paper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filter | filter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Filter | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stays | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stays | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 salt | det |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stays | nsubj |
| 7 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Filter | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 paper | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 paper | det |
| 10 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filter | imperative | you not said here | it | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | the salt | the paper | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on paper=Location |
Option 4
Stir it hard until the salt sinks back down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stir | stir | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Stir | obj |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Stir | advmod |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 sinks | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 salt | det |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sinks | nsubj |
| 7 | sinks | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stir | advcl |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 down | advmod |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 sinks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stir | imperative | you not said here | it | hard property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | sink | present | the salt | down property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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