Test 6 · ★★ · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests

Leah's gran puts a spoon in the cola every time. How could they test the trick fairly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gran, they · What happens: put, test · To what, where: spoon, cola, trick

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Leah's gran puts a spoon in the cola every time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leah	Leah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gran	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Leah	case
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puts	nsubj
4	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spoon	det
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puts	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cola	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cola	det
9	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puts	obl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puts	obl:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 puts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present	Leah's gran	a spoon		the cola	time		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spoon=Theme in cola=Destination

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: How could they test the trick fairly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 test	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 test	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 test	nsubj
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trick	det
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	obj
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 test	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	could	they	the trick				fairly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme

The options

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

Two opened bottles, one with a spoon, one without, checked after a day

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 bottles	nummod
2	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bottles	amod
3	bottles	bottle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 bottles	appos
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 spoon	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 one	conj
11	without	without	ADP	_	10 one	fixed
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 checked	punct
13	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bottles	parataxis
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 day	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	participle							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	participle					day		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

One bottle with a spoon, checked after a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 bottle	nummod
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 spoon	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spoon	det
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bottle	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 checked	punct
7	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bottle	conj
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 minute	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 minute	det
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	participle					minute		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Ask gran whether she thinks it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 thinks	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thinks	nsubj
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	gran	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient
2	think speech: other	present	she		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	work	present	gran		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Use a spoon in lemonade and a lid on cola

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spoon	det
3	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 lemonade	case
5	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lid	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lid	det
8	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lemonade	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 cola	case
10	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a spoon		lemonade and a lid		on cola	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoon=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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