Test 5 · Chocolate and sweets

«bet u can make lollies in a pan, just boil sugar, easy» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, u, best answer · What happens: bet, make, boil, be · To what, where: lollies, pan, sugar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» of the technology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 bet	punct
2	bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bet	ccomp
6	lollies	lolly	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pan	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pan	det
9	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 boil	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 boil	advmod
12	boil	boil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 bet	conj
13	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boil	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 easy	punct
15	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boil	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 easy	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 easy	parataxis
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 answer	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 answer	amod
21	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bet in a quote	imperative	you not said here			vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make in a quote	can	u	lollies	a pan	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lolly=Product
3	boil in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	sugar		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient
4	is a	present	the best answer			tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Do it alone in the microwave, that's safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Do	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 microwave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 microwave	det
6	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 safe	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it		the microwave		alone property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	is	present	that					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Easy, melted sugar is only warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sugar	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Easy	punct
3	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sugar	amod
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warm	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warm	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 warm	advmod
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Easy melted sugar					warm property	tree rules

Option 3

Just dip a finger in to check it's ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 dip	advmod
2	dip	dip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 finger	det
4	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dip	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 check	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 check	mark
7	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dip	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ready	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ready	cop
10	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 check	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dip	imperative	you not said here	a finger		vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location finger=Theme
2	check	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	finger		ready property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never without an adult: melted sugar is hotter than boiling water and sticks to skin

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 adult	advmod
2	without	without	ADP	_	4 adult	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hotter	nsubj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 hotter	punct
6	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sugar	amod
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hotter	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hotter	cop
9	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hotter	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sticks	cc
14	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hotter	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 skin	case
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sticks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	melt	participle			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	a adult	than boiling water; hot property	tree rules
3	boil	gerund			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	stick	present	a adult not said here	to skin	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to skin=Co-Patient

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