Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking it through: the science behind home safety

Which statement is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking it through: the science behind home safety» 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

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 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which statement					true property	tree 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Water and oil mix together easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mix	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 oil	cc
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Water	conj
4	mix	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 mix	advmod
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	4 mix	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	present	Water and oil					easily, together property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Steam takes up less space than the water it was made from

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 takes	compound:prt
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 space	advmod
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 water	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	11 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	present	Steam	space				than the water	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	make	past · passive	the water not said here	Steam					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Oil sinks under water in a pan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	nsubj
2	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pan	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pan	det
7	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Oil			water		in a pan	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Steam takes up far more space than the water it came from

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 takes	compound:prt
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 more	advmod
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 space	amod
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 water	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	11 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	present	Steam	more space				than the water	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme
2	come	past	Steam	the water not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme

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