Test 7 · ★ · Oil and water, and things that won't mix

In a tower of honey, water and oil, a grape sinks through oil and water and rests on the honey. Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: grape · What happens: sink, rest · To what, where: tower, honey

This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a tower of honey, water and oil, a grape sinks through oil and water and rests on the honey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tower	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tower	det
3	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sinks	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 honey	case
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tower	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 water	punct
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honey	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 oil	cc
9	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honey	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tower	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 grape	det
12	grape	grape	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sinks	nsubj
13	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	through	through	ADP	_	15 oil	case
15	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sinks	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 water	cc
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 oil	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 rests	cc
19	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sinks	conj
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 honey	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 honey	det
22	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rests	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 sinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	a grape			a tower of honey and water and oil		through oil and water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	rest	present	a grape not said here			the honey			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on honey=Location

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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Grapes always sink to the very bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sink	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 sink	advmod
3	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 bottom	advmod
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Grapes					to the bottom; always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The grape is sticky, and the honey grabs it and holds it on top

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grape	det
2	grape	grape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticky	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sticky	cop
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grabs	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 grabs	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 honey	det
8	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grabs	nsubj
9	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sticky	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grabs	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 holds	cc
12	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sticky	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 holds	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 top	case
15	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 holds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the grape			sticky property	tree rules
2	grab	present	the honey	grape			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	hold	present	the grape not said here	grape	top		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on top=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The grape is denser than water and oil but less dense than honey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grape	det
2	grape	grape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 denser	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 denser	cop
4	denser	dense	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 denser	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 oil	cc
8	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	conj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 dense	cc
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 dense	advmod
11	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 denser	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 honey	case
13	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dense	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the grape					than water and oil; dense property	tree rules
2	be		the grape not said here					than honey; less property	tree rules

Option 4

The grape is lighter than oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grape	det
2	grape	grape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lighter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lighter	cop
4	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 oil	case
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lighter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the grape					than oil; light property	tree rules

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