Test 3 · The air presses on everything

In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off. What goes wrong in real life?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: straw · What happens: suck up, go · To what, where: whole pond, cartoon, real life

This is test 3 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» of the physics 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: In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 straw	det
5	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	nsubj
6	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sucks	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pond	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pond	amod
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 way	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sucks	obl
15	off	off	ADV	_	6 sucks	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sucks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck up	present	a straw	a whole pond		a cartoon		from a long way; off property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pond=Theme from way=Source

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 goes wrong in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goes	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present				real life		wrong property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Even a perfect pump cannot lift water more than about 10 metres up a straw

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	4 pump	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pump	det
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pump	amod
4	pump	pump	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lift	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 lift	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 lift	advmod
7	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lift	obj
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 lift	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	13 metres	case
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 10	advmod
12	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 metres	nummod
13	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 more	obl
14	up	up	ADP	_	16 straw	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 straw	det
16	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lift	can	a perfect pump	water				up a straw	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent water=Theme more=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Real straws only work with cold water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 straws	amod
2	straws	straw	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 work	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Real straws					with cold water	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Co-Agent

Option 3

Straws can lift water as high as you like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straws	straw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lift	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lift	aux
3	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lift	obj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 high	advmod
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lift	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 like	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 like	nsubj
9	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 high	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	can	Straws	water					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	like	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Real straws work better the longer they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 straws	amod
2	straws	straw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 work	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 longer	det
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 work	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 are	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 longer	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Real straws					well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						long property	tree rules

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