Test 5 · Solids, liquids and gases
In a cartoon, someone pours a gas into a jar and it sits at the bottom like water, filling half. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, gas · What happens: pour, sit, fill, be · To what, where: gas, cartoon, bottom, half
This is test 5 of lesson 4 «Solids, liquids and gases» 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: In a cartoon, someone pours a gas into a jar and it sits at the bottom like water, filling half.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pours | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 pours | nsubj |
| 6 | pours | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 gas | det |
| 8 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pours | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 jar | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 jar | det |
| 11 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pours | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sits | cc |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sits | nsubj |
| 14 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pours | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 bottom | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bottom | det |
| 17 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sits | obl |
| 18 | like | like | ADP | _ | 19 water | case |
| 19 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sits | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 filling | punct |
| 21 | filling | fill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 sits | advcl |
| 22 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 21 filling | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | present | someone | a gas | a cartoon | into a jar | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent gas=Theme into jar=Destination | ||
| 2 | sit | present | gas | the bottom | like water | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location | |||
| 3 | fill | gerund | gas not said here | half | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Gases turn solid in jars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 turn | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 jars | case |
| 5 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Gases | jars | solid property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in jar=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Air-like gases spread to fill the whole jar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 like | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Air | punct |
| 3 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gases | amod |
| 4 | gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spread | nsubj |
| 5 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fill | mark |
| 7 | fill | fill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 spread | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 jar | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 jar | amod |
| 10 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fill | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | like gases | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fill | to-infinitive | like gases not said here | the whole jar | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent jar=Patient |
Option 3
Gases always float out of jars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 float | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 float | advmod |
| 3 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 jars | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 jars | case |
| 6 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 float | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | present | Gases | jars | always property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out jar=Trajectory |
Option 4
Nothing, gases always fill exactly half of whatever they are poured into
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 gases | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | gases | gas | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fill | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 fill | advmod |
| 5 | fill | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 half | advmod |
| 7 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 5 fill | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 whatever | case |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 half | nmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 poured | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 poured | aux:pass |
| 12 | poured | pour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 poured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | Nothing gases | half of whatever | always property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent half=Patient | |||
| 2 | pour | present · passive | gases = gas | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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