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Test 1 · ★ · Changes you can undo and changes you can't

Your friend says: "Bubbles mean a new substance, so boiling water is a chemical change." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Bubbles, boiling water, you · What happens: say, mean, boil, be, put · To what, where: new substance, chemical change, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 9 «Changes you can undo and changes you can't» 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: "Bubbles mean a new substance, so boiling water is a chemical change."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompdetamodobjpunctadvmodamodnsubjcopdetamodparataxispunctpunctrootYourPRONfriendNOUNsaysVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTBubblesNOUNmeanVERBaDETnewADJsubstanceNOUN,PUNCTsoADVboilingVERBwaterNOUNisAUXaDETchemicalADJchangeNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4::PUNCT_7 meanpunct
5""PUNCT_7 meanpunct
6BubblesbubbleNOUNNumber=Plur7 meannsubj
7meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 substancedet
9newnewADJDegree=Pos10 substanceamod
10substancesubstanceNOUNNumber=Sing7 meanobj
11,,PUNCT_18 changepunct
12sosoADV_18 changeadvmod
13boilingboilVERBVerbForm=Ger14 wateramod
14waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing18 changensubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 changecop
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 changedet
17chemicalchemicalADJDegree=Pos18 changeamod
18changechangeNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysparataxis
19..PUNCT_18 changepunct
20""PUNCT_18 changepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2mean in a quotepresentBubblesa new substancevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent substance=Topic
3boil in a quotegerundvn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4is a in a quotepresentboiling watera chemical changetree 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: Put him right.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said herefriendright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Boiling makes hydrogen and oxygen

nsubjobjccconjrootBoilingNOUNmakesVERBhydrogenNOUNandCCONJoxygenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BoilingboilingNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hydrogenhydrogenNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
4andandCCONJ_5 oxygencc
5oxygenoxygenNOUNNumber=Sing3 hydrogenconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentBoilinghydrogen and oxygenvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hydrogen=Product

Option 2

The bubbles are air from the kettle

detnsubjcopcasedetnmodrootTheDETbubblesNOUNareAUXairNOUNfromADPtheDETkettleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bubblesdet
2bubblesbubbleNOUNNumber=Plur4 airnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 aircop
4airairNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5fromfromADP_7 kettlecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 kettledet
7kettlekettleNOUNNumber=Sing4 airnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe bubblesairthe kettletree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He is right, boiling breaks the old water up and makes brand new water from it

The tree, 16 words
nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvcldetamodobjcompound:prtccconjadvmodamodobjcaseoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTboilingNOUNbreaksVERBtheDEToldADJwaterNOUNupADPandCCONJmakesVERBbrandADVnewADJwaterNOUNfromADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 breakspunct
5boilingboilingNOUNNumber=Sing6 breaksnsubj
6breaksbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightadvcl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 waterdet
8oldoldADJDegree=Pos9 wateramod
9waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing6 breaksobj
10upupADP_6 breakscompound:prt
11andandCCONJ_12 makescc
12makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
13brandbrandADV_14 newadvmod
14newnewADJDegree=Pos15 wateramod
15waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing12 makesobj
16fromfromADP_17 itcase
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 makesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2break uppresentboilingthe old watervn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
3makepresentHe not said herenew waterboilingvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset water=Product from it=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The bubbles are water vapour, still water, so it is reversible

detnsubjcopcompoundpunctadvmodconjpunctadvmodnsubjcopconjrootTheDETbubblesNOUNareAUXwaterNOUNvapourNOUN,PUNCTstillADVwaterNOUN,PUNCTsoADVitPRONisAUXreversibleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bubblesdet
2bubblesbubbleNOUNNumber=Plur5 vapournsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 vapourcop
4waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing5 vapourcompound
5vapourvapourNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_8 waterpunct
7stillstillADV_8 wateradvmod
8waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing5 vapourconj
9,,PUNCT_13 reversiblepunct
10sosoADV_13 reversibleadvmod
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 reversiblensubj
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 reversiblecop
13reversiblereversibleNOUNNumber=Sing5 vapourconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe bubbleswater vapour and water and reversibletree rules
2is apresentwaterreversibletree rules

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