Test 7 · ★ · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing
Why can you see your breath in winter but not in summer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: see · To what, where: breath
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 see | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 breath | nmod:poss |
| 6 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 winter | case |
| 8 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 summer | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 summer | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 summer | case |
| 12 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 winter | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | you | your breath | winter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breath=Stimulus |
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.
The options
Option 1
You breathe out much less air in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 breathe | nsubj |
| 2 | breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 breathe | compound:prt |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 less | advmod |
| 5 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 air | advmod |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 breathe | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 summer | case |
| 8 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 breathe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breathe out | present | You | air | summer | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Summer sunlight hides your breath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sunlight | compound |
| 2 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hides | nsubj |
| 3 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 breath | nmod:poss |
| 5 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | Summer sunlight | your breath | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In warm air the vapour stays an invisible gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 air | case |
| 2 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 air | amod |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stays | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vapour | det |
| 5 | vapour | vapour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stays | nsubj |
| 6 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gas | det |
| 8 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gas | amod |
| 9 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stays | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the vapour | a invisible gas | warm air | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme gas=Location |
Option 4
Summer breath has no water in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 breath | compound |
| 2 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Summer breath | no water | water | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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