Test 10 · Solids, liquids and gases

why's the juice go flat in the glass n not stay in a carton shape

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: juice · What happens: go, not stay · To what, where: glass, carton shape

This is test 10 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 go	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 juice	det
4	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 go	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 glass	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glass	det
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
10	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	12 stay	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stay	advmod
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 shape	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 shape	det
15	carton	carton	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shape	compound
16	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the juice			the glass		flat property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in glass=Location
2	not stay	infinitive	the juice not said here			a carton shape			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shape=Location

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

Liquids have no volume of their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liquids	liquid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 volume	det
4	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 volume	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Liquids	no volume of Liquids's own					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volume=Patient

Option 2

The glass squeezes it into a new shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezes	nsubj
3	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 squeezes	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 shape	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shape	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shape	amod
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present	the glass	it		a new shape			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into shape=Product

Option 3

Juice is a solid with a soft shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 solid	det
4	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 shape	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shape	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shape	amod
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Juice	a solid				with a soft shape	tree rules

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

Liquids take the shape of their container

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liquids	liquid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shape	det
4	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 container	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 container	nmod:poss
7	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Liquids	the shape of Liquids's container					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme

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