Test 7 · Solids, liquids and gases
A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. Which state is it closest to?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: jelly, state · What happens: wobble, keep, be · To what, where: shape, plate
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jelly | det |
| 2 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wobbles | nsubj |
| 3 | wobbles | wobble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 keeps | cc |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wobbles | conj |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 shape | nmod:poss |
| 7 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 plate | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 plate | det |
| 10 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wobbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wobble | present | a jelly | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | a jelly not said here | jelly's shape | a plate | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shape=Theme on plate=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.
Sentence 2: Which state is it closest to?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 state | det |
| 2 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 closest | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 closest | nsubj |
| 5 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 closest | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 closest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which state | close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A solid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 solid | det |
| 2 | solid | solid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A liquid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 liquid | det |
| 2 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
It changes state every time it wobbles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | obj |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wobbles | nsubj |
| 7 | wobbles | wobble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | It | state | time | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Patient | |||
| 2 | wobble | present | state | every time not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme |
Option 4
A gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gas | det |
| 2 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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