Test 5 · Safe in the kitchen
Milk in the fridge is past its date but smells fine. Which statement is correct?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Milk, statement · What happens: be, smell
This is test 5 of lesson 31 «Safe in the kitchen» 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: Milk in the fridge is past its date but smells fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 date | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 fridge | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fridge | det |
| 4 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Milk | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 date | cop |
| 6 | past | past | ADP | _ | 8 date | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 date | nmod:poss |
| 8 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 smells | cc |
| 10 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 date | conj |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 smells | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 date | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Milk in the fridge | past Milk's date | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smell | present | Milk in the fridge not said here | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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: Which statement is correct?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 statement | det |
| 2 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 correct | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 correct | cop |
| 4 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 correct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which statement | correct property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Smelling it removes the germs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smelling | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 removes | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Smelling | obj |
| 3 | removes | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 germs | det |
| 5 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 removes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | gerund | it | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | remove | present | Smelling | the germs | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
Option 2
If it smells fine, it is always safe to drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 smells | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 smells | nsubj |
| 3 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 safe | advcl |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smells | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 smells | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 safe | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 safe | advmod |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 drink | mark |
| 11 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 safe | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell a condition, not said to happen | present | it | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | always, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drink | to-infinitive | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A normal smell does not prove it is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 smell | det |
| 2 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smell | amod |
| 3 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prove | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prove | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 prove | advmod |
| 6 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 safe | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 safe | cop |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 prove | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not prove | present · do-support | a normal smell | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | smell | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Milk can never go bad in a fridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fridge | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fridge | det |
| 8 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | can | Milk | a fridge | bad property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in fridge=Location |
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