Test 3 · ★★ · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests

Ben says, "Hot water ALWAYS freezes faster, my science club proved it once." What's the honest reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, Hot water, science club, honest reply · What happens: say, freeze, prove, be · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths 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: Ben says, "Hot water ALWAYS freezes faster, my science club proved it once."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 freezes	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 water	punct
5	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 freezes	nsubj
7	ALWAYS	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 freezes	advmod
8	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
9	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 freezes	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 proved	punct
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 club	nmod:poss
12	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 club	compound
13	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 proved	nsubj
14	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 proved	obj
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 proved	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ben			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	freeze in a quote	present	Hot water		always, fast property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	prove in a quote	past	my science club	water	once property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: What's the honest reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the honest reply						tree rules

The options

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

One try isn't enough, and scientists still argue about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 try	nummod
2	try	try	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 is	nsubj
3	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 is	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 is	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 argue	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 argue	cc
8	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 argue	nsubj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 argue	advmod
10	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 is	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 argue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be	present	One try					enough property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	argue speech: disagree	present	scientists				still	about try	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

He's right, one try proves it forever

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 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proves	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 try	nummod
6	try	try	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proves	nsubj
7	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 proves	obj
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 proves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	prove	present	one try	it				forever property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He's wrong, hot water can never freeze before cold water does

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 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 freeze	punct
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freeze	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 freeze	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 freeze	advmod
9	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wrong	conj
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 does	mark
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 does	nsubj
13	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 freeze	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	wrong property	tree rules
2	not freeze	can	hot water		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	do	present	cold water		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only scientists are allowed to test it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 scientists	advmod
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 test	mark
6	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		scientists					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	scientists not said here	it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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