Exam question 4 · Solids, liquids and gases
It is asserted that window glass is a liquid flowing imperceptibly. Determine the validity of this assertion.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: window glass, liquid, you · What happens: assert, be, flow, determine · To what, where: It, liquid, validity
This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is asserted that window glass is a liquid flowing imperceptibly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asserted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asserted | aux:pass |
| 3 | asserted | assert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 liquid | mark |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glass | compound |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 liquid | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 liquid | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 liquid | det |
| 9 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asserted | advcl |
| 10 | flowing | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 liquid | acl |
| 11 | imperceptibly | imperceptibly | ADV | _ | 10 flowing | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asserted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assert | present · passive | It | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | window glass | a liquid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | flow | gerund | a liquid not said here | imperceptibly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Determine the validity of this assertion.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 validity | det |
| 3 | validity | validity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 assertion | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 assertion | det |
| 6 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 validity | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the validity of this assertion | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent validity=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The assertion is correct for coloured glass alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | cop |
| 4 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 glass | case |
| 6 | coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 glass | amod |
| 7 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 correct | obl |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 glass | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the assertion | for coloured glass; correct property | tree rules |
Option 2
The assertion is correct solely in warm climates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | cop |
| 4 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 4 correct | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 climates | case |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 climates | amod |
| 8 | climates | climate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 correct | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the assertion | warm climates | correct, solely property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The assertion is a myth, glass being a solid at ordinary temperatures
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 myth | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 myth | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 myth | det |
| 5 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 solid | punct |
| 7 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 solid | nsubj |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 solid | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 solid | det |
| 10 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 myth | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 temperatures | case |
| 12 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 temperatures | amod |
| 13 | temperatures | temperature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 solid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the assertion | a myth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | glass | ordinary temperatures | solid property | tree rules |
Option 4
The assertion is correct in all respects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | cop |
| 4 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 respects | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 respects | det |
| 7 | respects | respects | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 correct | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the assertion | all respects | correct property | tree rules |
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