Test 1 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix
Your friend says: "If I shake oil and water hard enough they'll stay mixed forever." What actually happens?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, oil · What happens: say, shake, stay, mix, happen · To what, where: oil · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «Oil and water, and things that won't mix» 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 friend says: "If I shake oil and water hard enough they'll stay mixed forever."
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 shake | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 shake | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 shake | nsubj |
| 8 | shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 9 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shake | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 water | cc |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 oil | conj |
| 12 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 shake | advmod |
| 13 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 12 hard | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 stay | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 stay | aux |
| 16 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 shake | conj |
| 17 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 stay | xcomp |
| 18 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 17 mixed | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 shake | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 shake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shake a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Your friend = friend | oil and water | hard property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent oil=Patient | |||
| 3 | stay in a quote | future | oil | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | mix in a quote | participle | oil not said here | forever property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 actually happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | actually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
They turn into a solid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 solid | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 solid | det |
| 5 | solid | solid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | They | a solid | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into solid=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They mix for a moment, then separate again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 mix | nsubj |
| 2 | mix | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 moment | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 moment | det |
| 5 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mix | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 separate | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 separate | advmod |
| 8 | separate | separate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 mix | conj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 separate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | present | They | moment | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | separate | infinitive | They not said here | then; again | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
They both turn into gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 gas | case |
| 5 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | They | gas | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into gas=Trajectory |
Option 4
They stay mixed together forever and never come apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stay | xcomp |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 mixed | advmod |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 mixed | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 come | advmod |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stay | conj |
| 9 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mix | participle | They not said here | forever, together property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not come apart | infinitive | They not said here | apart property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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