Test 11 · Melting, freezing and boiling
why'd the bottle crack in the freezer
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 11 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 crack | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crack | det |
| 4 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crack | compound |
| 5 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 why | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 freezer | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 freezer | det |
| 8 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crack | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ice weighs much more than water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weighs | nsubj |
| 2 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 weighs | obj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh | present | Ice | more | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
Option 2
Water shrinks and pulls the glass in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shrinks | nsubj |
| 2 | shrinks | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pulls | cc |
| 4 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shrinks | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 glass | det |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulls | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 pulls | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | present | Water | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | pull in | present | Water not said here | the glass | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Water expands when it freezes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expands | nsubj |
| 2 | expands | expand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 freezes | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 freezes | nsubj |
| 5 | freezes | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 expands | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expand | present | Water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | freeze | present | Water | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The cold makes glass melt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cold | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 melt | compound |
| 5 | melt | melt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the cold | glass melt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset melt=Product |
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