Test 6 · Heat moves: hot to cold
shut up and pass me a metal spoon for the soup, it won't get hot. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, spoon, he · What happens: shut up, pass, not get, be · To what, where: metal spoon, me
This is test 6 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» 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: shut up and pass me a metal spoon for the soup, it won't get hot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 shut | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pass | cc |
| 4 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 shut | conj |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 pass | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spoon | det |
| 7 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spoon | compound |
| 8 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pass | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 soup | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 soup | det |
| 11 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pass | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 get | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 get | nsubj |
| 14 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 get | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 get | advmod |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 shut | conj |
| 17 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 get | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 shut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up | imperative | you not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pass | infinitive | you not said here | a metal spoon | me | for the soup | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient spoon=Theme | ||
| 3 | not get | future | spoon | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, only plastic spoons ever get hot in soup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 spoons | advmod |
| 4 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spoons | amod |
| 5 | spoons | spoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | nsubj |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 soup | case |
| 10 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | plastic spoons | soup | ever | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Yes, metal never gets hot, however long it sits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 metal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gets | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 long | punct |
| 8 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 long | advmod |
| 9 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 gets | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sits | nsubj |
| 11 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | metal | hot, long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | sit | present | metal | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, but only spoons made of real silver get hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 spoons | advmod |
| 5 | spoons | spoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 get | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 spoons | acl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 silver | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 silver | amod |
| 9 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | spoons not said here | of real silver | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | get | present | spoons | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, a metal spoon gets hot at the handle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spoon | det |
| 4 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoon | compound |
| 5 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 handle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 handle | det |
| 10 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a metal spoon | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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