Exam question 3 · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids
It is given that a beverage contains thirty-two milligrams of caffeine per one hundred millilitres. Determine the quantity of caffeine contained in a container of two hundred and fifty millilitres.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: beverage, you · What happens: give, contain, determine · To what, where: It, two milligrams, quantity, caffeine, container
This is exam question 3 of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a beverage contains thirty-two milligrams of caffeine per one hundred millilitres.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 contains | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 beverage | det |
| 6 | beverage | beverage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contains | nsubj |
| 7 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 two | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 thirty | punct |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 milligrams | nummod |
| 11 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contains | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 caffeine | case |
| 13 | caffeine | caffeine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 milligrams | nmod |
| 14 | per | per | ADP | _ | 17 millilitres | case |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 hundred | compound |
| 16 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 millilitres | nummod |
| 17 | millilitres | millilitre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 caffeine | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | contain | present | a beverage | two milligrams of caffeine per hundred millilitres | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot milligram=Theme |
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: Determine the quantity of caffeine contained in a container of two hundred and fifty millilitres.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 quantity | det |
| 3 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 caffeine | case |
| 5 | caffeine | caffeine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quantity | nmod |
| 6 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 caffeine | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 container | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 container | det |
| 9 | container | container | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 contained | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 millilitres | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 hundred | compound |
| 12 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 millilitres | nummod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fifty | cc |
| 14 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 hundred | conj |
| 15 | millilitres | millilitre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 container | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the quantity of caffeine | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Topic | ||||
| 2 | contain | participle | caffeine not said here | a container of hundred millilitres | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in container=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Two hundred and fifty milligrams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 milligrams | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 fifty | cc |
| 4 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 5 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Eight milligrams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 milligrams | nummod |
| 2 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Eighty milligrams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighty | eighty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 milligrams | nummod |
| 2 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Thirty-two milligrams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 milligrams | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 two | punct |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Thirty | conj |
| 4 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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