Test 13 · Melting, freezing and boiling
Mia says if u turn the hob up the boiling water gets way hotter than 100. right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, u, boiling water · What happens: say, turn up, boil, get · To what, where: hob, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 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 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 turn | mark |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 turn | nsubj |
| 5 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hob | det |
| 7 | hob | hob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turn | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 turn | compound:prt |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 10 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 water | amod |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gets | nsubj |
| 12 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gets | obj |
| 14 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 gets | xcomp |
| 15 | than | than | ADP | _ | 16 100 | case |
| 16 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 hotter | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 gets | punct |
| 18 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 12 gets | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | turn up a condition, not said to happen | present | u | the hob | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hob=Theme | ||||
| 3 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | get | present | the boiling water | way | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
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
Yes, more heat always makes it hotter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 heat | amod |
| 4 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 makes | advmod |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | more heat | it | always, hot property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 2
No, it gets colder because it boils away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 boils | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 boils | nsubj |
| 8 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gets | advcl |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 boils | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | it | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | boil away | present | it | away property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, it can reach 200 °C if you wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 reach | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 reach | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 reach | aux |
| 5 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | 200 | 200 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 C | nummod |
| 7 | ° | ° | SYM | _ | 8 C | compound |
| 8 | C | c | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reach | obj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 wait | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 wait | nsubj |
| 11 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reach | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | can | it | 200 ° C | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent c=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it stays at about 100 °C, it just boils faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 stays | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stays | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stays | nsubj |
| 4 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 100 | case |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 100 | advmod |
| 7 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 stays | obl |
| 8 | ° | ° | ADP | _ | 9 C | case |
| 9 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stays | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 boils | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 boils | nsubj |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 boils | advmod |
| 13 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stays | conj |
| 14 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 boils | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | it | 100 | ° C | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 100=Location | |||
| 2 | boil | present | it | fast property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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