Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★
«y'all, the tyre's flat as a pancake this frosty morning, it was fine yesterday arvo» The tyre looks only a little soft. What is the best detective guess?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tyre, best detective guess · What happens: be, look · To what, where: fine yesterday arvo
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: «y'all, the tyre's flat as a pancake this frosty morning, it was fine yesterday arvo» The tyre looks only a little soft.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 flat | punct |
| 2 | y'all | y'all | ADV | _ | 7 flat | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 y'all | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tyre | det |
| 5 | tyre | tyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flat | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 flat | cop |
| 7 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 pancake | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pancake | det |
| 10 | pancake | pancake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flat | obl |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 morning | det |
| 12 | frosty | frosty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 morning | amod |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flat | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 arvo | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 arvo | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 arvo | cop |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 arvo | amod |
| 18 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 arvo | compound |
| 19 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flat | conj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 arvo | punct |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 tyre | det |
| 22 | tyre | tyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 looks | nsubj |
| 23 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 arvo | acl:relcl |
| 24 | only | only | ADV | _ | 27 soft | advmod |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 little | det |
| 26 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 soft | obl:unmarked |
| 27 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 looks | xcomp |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 flat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the tyre | morning | as a pancake; flat, y'all property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | tyre | fine yesterday arvo | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | look | present | the tyre | fine yesterday arvo not said here | soft property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arvo=Attribute |
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 is the best detective guess?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guess | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 guess | amod |
| 5 | detective | detective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 guess | compound |
| 6 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best detective guess | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The cold air inside shrank, so the pressure dropped a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 air | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 air | amod |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shrank | nsubj |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 shrank | advmod |
| 5 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dropped | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 dropped | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pressure | det |
| 9 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dropped | nsubj |
| 10 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shrank | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dropped | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | past | the cold air | inside property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | drop | past | the pressure | a bit | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The air inside turned into water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 4 turned | advmod |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the air | water | inside property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory |
Option 3
The frost froze the rubber solid and it cracked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frost | det |
| 2 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 froze | nsubj |
| 3 | froze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rubber | det |
| 5 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 froze | obj |
| 6 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 froze | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cracked | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cracked | nsubj |
| 9 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 froze | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | past | the frost | the rubber | solid property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient rubber=Result | |||
| 2 | crack | past | frost | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tyres get much heavier in cold weather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 heavier | advmod |
| 4 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 weather | amod |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Tyres | cold weather | heavy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives/t8/