Test 10 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix
Your little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil". What else holds it together?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister, mayonnaise · What happens: think, be, hold · To what, where: oil, mayonnaise · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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 little sister thinks mayonnaise is "just oil".
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 | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | mayonnaise | mayonnaise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 oil | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 oil | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 oil | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 oil | advmod |
| 9 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 oil | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Your little sister | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | mayonnaise | oil | 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 else holds it together?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | else | else | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 holds | obj |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 holds | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 holds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | mayonnaise | together property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Egg yolk, whose molecules sit around each oil droplet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yolk | compound |
| 2 | yolk | yolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sit | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sit | punct |
| 4 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 5 molecules | nmod:poss |
| 5 | molecules | molecule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sit | nsubj |
| 6 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | around | around | ADP | _ | 10 droplet | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 droplet | det |
| 9 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 droplet | compound |
| 10 | droplet | droplet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | Egg yolk | each oil droplet | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around droplet=Location |
Option 2
Glue made from vinegar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Glue | acl |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 vinegar | case |
| 4 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Glue not said here | vinegar | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from vinegar=Material |
Option 3
Frozen water from the fridge, which keeps the oil in place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frozen | frozen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 fridge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fridge | det |
| 5 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 water | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 keeps | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 8 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 oil | det |
| 10 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 place | case |
| 12 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Frozen water from the fridge | the oil | place | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oil=Theme in place=Location |
Option 4
Lots of sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 sugar | case |
| 3 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lots | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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