Test 4 · ★ · Changes you can undo and changes you can't
A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: un-fries egg · What happens: put, be · To what, where: chef, fridge
This is test 4 · ★ 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: A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chef | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chef | compound |
| 3 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 egg | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 un-fries | punct |
| 5 | un-fries | un-fry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 egg | compound |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 un-fries | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 egg | det |
| 8 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 putting | mark |
| 10 | putting | put | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 egg | acl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 putting | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 fridge | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fridge | det |
| 14 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 putting | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 egg | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | gerund | a un-fries egg not said here | chef | the fridge | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fridge=Destination |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cooling cannot undo a cooked egg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooling | cooling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 undo | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 undo | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 undo | advmod |
| 4 | undo | undo | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 egg | det |
| 6 | cooked | cook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 egg | amod |
| 7 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 undo | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not undo | can | Cooling | a cooked egg | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cook | participle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
It would only work in a very cold freezer
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 | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 work | advmod |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 freezer | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 freezer | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 cold | advmod |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 freezer | amod |
| 9 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | would | It | in a cold freezer | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in freezer=Theme |
Option 3
The cold egg would turn into a chick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 egg | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 egg | amod |
| 3 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turn | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 turn | aux |
| 5 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 chick | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chick | det |
| 8 | chick | chick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | the cold egg | into a chick result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into chick=Result |
Option 4
Nothing, eggs uncook when they get cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 uncook | punct |
| 3 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 uncook | compound |
| 4 | uncook | uncook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 get | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | advcl |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | they | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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