Test 10 · ★★ · Pressure tricks: pumps, tyres and vacuums
You leave a hot jar of homemade jam to cool with the lid on tight. A day later the lid is pulled in. Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: leave, cool, pull in · To what, where: hot jar, tight, lid
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Pressure tricks: pumps, tyres and vacuums» 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: You leave a hot jar of homemade jam to cool with the lid on tight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 jar | det |
| 4 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jar | amod |
| 5 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 jam | case |
| 7 | homemade | homemade | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 jam | amod |
| 8 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jar | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 cool | mark |
| 10 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 leave | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 lid | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lid | det |
| 13 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cool | obl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 tight | case |
| 15 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cool | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | You | a hot jar of homemade jam | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cool | to-infinitive | You not said here | tight | with the lid | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with lid=Instrument |
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: A day later the lid is pulled in.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 pulled | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lid | det |
| 5 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pulled | aux:pass |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pulled | compound:prt |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull in | present · passive | the lid | day | late property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Someone squeezed it in the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 squeezed | nsubj |
| 2 | squeezed | squeeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 squeezed | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 squeezed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squeeze | past | Someone | it | night | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The cooled air inside presses less than the air outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 air | det |
| 2 | cooled | cool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 air | amod |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 presses | nsubj |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 air | advmod |
| 5 | presses | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 presses | obj |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 air | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 air | det |
| 9 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 presses | obl |
| 10 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 5 presses | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | press | present | the cooled air | less | than the air; outside property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Theme |
Option 3
The jam shrank and pulled the lid down by sticking to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jam | det |
| 2 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shrank | nsubj |
| 3 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 pulled | cc |
| 5 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shrank | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lid | det |
| 7 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | obj |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 pulled | compound:prt |
| 9 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 sticking | mark |
| 10 | sticking | stick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 pulled | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sticking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | past | the jam | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | pull down | past | the jam not said here | the lid | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stick | gerund | the jam not said here | jam | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient |
Option 4
The lid got cold and shrank more than the glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lid | det |
| 2 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 shrank | cc |
| 6 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 shrank | obj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 glass | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 glass | det |
| 10 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the lid | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | shrink | past | the lid not said here | more | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
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