Test 6 · ★★ · Mixing and dissolving
A cartoon fish gasps in a pond on a scorching day and someone says "it's too sunny for its eyes". What is the real problem?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon fish, someone, fish, real problem · What happens: gasp, scorch, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» 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: A cartoon fish gasps in a pond on a scorching day and someone says "it's too sunny for its eyes".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fish | compound |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gasps | nsubj |
| 4 | gasps | gasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pond | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pond | det |
| 7 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gasps | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 10 | scorching | scorch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 day | amod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gasps | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 says | cc |
| 13 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 says | nsubj |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gasps | conj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 sunny | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 sunny | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 sunny | cop |
| 18 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 sunny | advmod |
| 19 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 says | ccomp |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 eyes | case |
| 21 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 22 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 sunny | obl |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 sunny | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gasps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gasp | present | a cartoon fish | day | in a pond | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pond=Theme | |||
| 2 | scorch | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | fish | for fish's eyes; sunny 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: What is the real problem?
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 | 5 problem | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 problem | amod |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The fish has forgotten how to swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forgotten | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 swim | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 swim | mark |
| 7 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forgotten | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect | the fish | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not swim | to-infinitive | the fish not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fish are scared of sunlight and hold their breath until it goes away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sunlight | case |
| 5 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hold | cc |
| 7 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | conj |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 breath | nmod:poss |
| 9 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hold | obj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 goes | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 goes | nsubj |
| 12 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hold | advcl |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 goes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fish | of sunlight; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | Fish not said here | Fish's breath | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go away | present | breath | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The water has turned to salt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | aux |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 salt | case |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · perfect · passive | the water | salt | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to salt=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Warm water holds less oxygen for the fish to breathe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holds | nsubj |
| 3 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 oxygen | amod |
| 5 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holds | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 fish | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fish | det |
| 8 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holds | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 breathe | mark |
| 10 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 holds | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Warm water | less oxygen | for the fish | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme | |||
| 2 | breathe | to-infinitive | Warm water not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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