Test 6 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix
Your gran pours bacon fat down the sink. What's the risk?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: gran, risk · What happens: pour, be · To what, where: bacon fat
This is test 6 · ★ 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 gran pours bacon fat down the sink.
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 gran | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pours | nsubj |
| 3 | pours | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bacon | bacon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fat | compound |
| 5 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pours | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 sink | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sink | det |
| 8 | sink | sink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pours | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | present | Your gran | bacon fat | down the sink | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=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's the risk?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 risk | det |
| 4 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the risk | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It cleans the pipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cleans | nsubj |
| 2 | cleans | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 pipes | det |
| 4 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cleans | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | present | It | the pipes | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It sets in the pipes and helps build blockages called fatbergs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sets | nsubj |
| 2 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pipes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pipes | det |
| 5 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sets | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 helps | cc |
| 7 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sets | conj |
| 8 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 helps | xcomp |
| 9 | blockages | blockage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 build | obj |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 blockages | acl |
| 11 | fatbergs | fatberg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | It | the pipes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pipe=Destination | ||||
| 2 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | build | infinitive | blockages | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blockage=Product | |||||
| 4 | call | participle | blockages not said here | fatbergs | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It helps the pipes stay warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 pipes | det |
| 4 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 helps | ccomp |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | It | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stay | present | the pipes | warm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It turns into water once it reaches the drain under the street
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| 5 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 7 reaches | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reaches | nsubj |
| 7 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 turns | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 drain | det |
| 9 | drain | drain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reaches | obj |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 street | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 street | det |
| 12 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reaches | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | water | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | reach | present | water | the drain | the street | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent drain=Theme |
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