Test 9 · ★ · Smells that warn
After an hour in a freshly painted room, Jack can no longer smell the paint. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: paint, smell · To what, where: paint
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 13 «Smells that warn» of the everyday 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: After an hour in a freshly painted room, Jack can no longer smell the paint.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 hour | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hour | det |
| 3 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 smell | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 room | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 room | det |
| 6 | freshly | freshly | ADV | _ | 7 painted | advmod |
| 7 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 room | amod |
| 8 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hour | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hour | punct |
| 10 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 smell | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 smell | aux |
| 12 | no | no | ADV | _ | 13 longer | advmod |
| 13 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 smell | advmod |
| 14 | smell | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 paint | det |
| 16 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 smell | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 smell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle | freshly property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | smell | can | Jack | the paint | hour | long property | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paint=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: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His nose has got used to the smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 smell | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 smell | det |
| 8 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · perfect | His nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | use | participle | His nose not said here | to the smell | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The paint has stopped smelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 paint | det |
| 2 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stopped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | aux |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | smelling | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect · passive | the paint | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | smell | gerund | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The smell has all gone up to the ceiling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smell | det |
| 2 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 gone | advmod |
| 5 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 gone | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 ceiling | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ceiling | det |
| 9 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | present · perfect | the smell | to the ceiling; all property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
He has caught a cold from it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cold | det |
| 5 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · perfect · passive | He | cold | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary cold=Theme |
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