Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★
Ruby reckons "rust gives you tetanus, so rusty stuff is poison." Which answer puts her right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, rust, rusty stuff, answer · What happens: reckon, give, be, put · To what, where: tetanus, you, poison, right
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★» 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: Ruby reckons "rust gives you tetanus, so rusty stuff is poison."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 gives | punct |
| 4 | rust | rust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gives | nsubj |
| 5 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckons | conj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 gives | iobj |
| 7 | tetanus | tetanus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gives | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 poison | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 poison | advmod |
| 10 | rusty | rusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stuff | amod |
| 11 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 poison | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 poison | cop |
| 13 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Ruby | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give in a quote | present | rust | tetanus | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient tetanus=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | rusty stuff | poison | tree rules |
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 answer puts her right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | nsubj |
| 3 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 right | nmod:poss |
| 5 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | which answer | answer's right | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent right=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's right; the rust itself is the germ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 germ | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rust | det |
| 6 | rust | rust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 germ | nsubj |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 6 rust | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 germ | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 germ | det |
| 10 | germ | germ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the rust rust | the germ | tree rules |
Option 2
Rust is safe; only shiny metal causes it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rust | rust | 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 | _ | 8 causes | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 shiny | advmod |
| 6 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 metal | amod |
| 7 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 causes | nsubj |
| 8 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 causes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Rust | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cause | present | shiny metal | Rust | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |
Option 3
Tetanus floats in the air of rusty sheds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetanus | tetanus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 floats | nsubj |
| 2 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 air | det |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 floats | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sheds | case |
| 7 | rusty | rusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sheds | amod |
| 8 | sheds | shed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 air | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | present | Tetanus | the air of rusty sheds | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tetanus is a germ in dirt; a deep cut from anything dirty can let it in
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetanus | tetanus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 germ | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 germ | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 germ | det |
| 4 | germ | germ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 let | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 dirt | case |
| 6 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 germ | nmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 cut | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cut | det |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cut | amod |
| 10 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 germ | appos |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 anything | case |
| 12 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 cut | nmod |
| 13 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 anything | amod |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 let | aux |
| 15 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 let | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 let | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Tetanus | a germ | dirt | tree rules | |||
| 2 | let in | can | a germ | Tetanus | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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