Test 7 · ★ · Changes you can undo and changes you can't

"can't I just scrape off the burnt bits and get my bread back?" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: not scrape off, get back · To what, where: burnt bits, bread

This is test 7 · ★ 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: "can't I just scrape off the burnt bits and get my bread back?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 scrape	punct
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scrape	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 scrape	advmod
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 scrape	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 scrape	advmod
6	scrape	scrape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	10 bits	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bits	det
9	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bits	amod
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scrape	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 scrape	conj
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bread	nmod:poss
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scrape	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 scrape	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not scrape off in a quote	can	I	the burnt bits					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
2	get back in a quote	infinitive	I not said here	my bread					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Stimulus

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: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The toasted layer is new substances, the bread can't come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 layer	det
2	toasted	toast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 layer	amod
3	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 substances	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 substances	cop
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 substances	amod
6	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 substances	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bread	det
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 come	advmod
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 substances	parataxis
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	toast	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	the toasted layer	new substances	tree rules
3	not come back	can	the bread		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, scraping off the brown layer turns it straight back into soft bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 scraping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	scraping	scrape	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 turns	csubj
4	off	off	ADP	_	7 layer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 layer	det
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 layer	amod
7	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scraping	obl
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turns	obj
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	11 back	advmod
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 turns	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 bread	case
13	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bread	amod
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scrape off	gerund		the brown layer					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient
2	turn	present	scraping	layer		soft bread			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into bread=Trajectory

Option 3

Yes, if you add water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 add	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 add	nsubj
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	you	water					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

Only for white bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 bread	advmod
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 bread	case
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bread	amod
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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