Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★
Jaz is fixin' to make a jelly with fresh pineapple for a party in an hour. What should a mate tell her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: be, make, tell · To what, where: Jaz fixin, jelly, her · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Jaz is fixin' to make a jelly with fresh pineapple for a party in an hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaz | Jaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fixin | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fixin | cop |
| 3 | fixin | fixin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 fixin | punct |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fixin | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 jelly | det |
| 8 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 pineapple | case |
| 10 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 pineapple | amod |
| 11 | pineapple | pineapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jelly | nmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 party | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 party | det |
| 14 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pineapple | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 hour | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 hour | det |
| 17 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 party | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fixin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Jaz fixin | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | a jelly | with fresh pineapple for a party in a hour | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jelly=Product |
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 should a mate tell her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 tell | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mate | det |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | a mate | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fine, fresh fruit always helps jelly to set
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fruit | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fruit | amod |
| 4 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 helps | advmod |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helps | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 set | mark |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Fine fresh fruit | jelly | always property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent jelly=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||
| 2 | set | to-infinitive | jelly not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Use tinned pineapple, or it may not set
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | tinned | tinned | ADJ | _ | 3 pineapple | amod |
| 3 | pineapple | pineapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 set | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 set | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 set | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 set | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 set | advmod |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | tinned pineapple | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pineapple=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not set | may | pineapple | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Put it in the oven so it sets quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 oven | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 oven | det |
| 5 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 sets | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sets | nsubj |
| 8 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | advcl |
| 9 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 sets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | the oven | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in oven=Destination | |||
| 2 | set | present | oven | quick property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Add more pineapple to help it set faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 pineapple | amod |
| 3 | pineapple | pineapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 help | mark |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Add | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 help | obj |
| 7 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | xcomp |
| 8 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 set | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | more pineapple | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pineapple=Patient | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | pineapple | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | set | infinitive | pineapple not said here | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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