Test 8 · ★ · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing
Your cousin says: "Boiling means the water is 100 degrees, so it's the same on every mountain." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Boiling, water, you · What happens: say, mean, be, put · To what, where: 100 degrees, mountain, Boiling · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your cousin says: "Boiling means the water is 100 degrees, so it's the same on every mountain."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 6 | Boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 degrees | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 degrees | cop |
| 11 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 degrees | nummod |
| 12 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 means | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 same | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 same | advmod |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 same | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 same | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 same | det |
| 18 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 mountain | case |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 mountain | det |
| 21 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 same | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 same | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 same | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Boiling | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the water | 100 degrees | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | water | every mountain | same property | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Boiling | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Water boils hotter on mountains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boils | nsubj |
| 2 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 boils | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 mountains | case |
| 5 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hotter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | present | Water | hot property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
He is right, it is always 100 degrees everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 9 degrees | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 degrees | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 degrees | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 100 | advmod |
| 8 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 degrees | nummod |
| 9 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 degrees | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | 100 degrees | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 3
Water can't boil above the clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boil | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 boil | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 boil | advmod |
| 4 | boil | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 clouds | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 clouds | det |
| 7 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 boil | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not boil | can | Water | the clouds | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Water boils at a lower temperature high up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boils | nsubj |
| 2 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 temperature | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 temperature | det |
| 5 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 temperature | amod |
| 6 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boils | obl |
| 7 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 up | advmod |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 boils | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | present | Water | a lower temperature | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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