Test 1 · ★ · Evaporation and condensation

Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard. What happens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: leave out, happen · To what, where: Two equal saucers

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» 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: Two equal saucers of water are left out: one on a warm sunny windowsill, one in a cool cupboard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 saucers	nummod
2	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saucers	amod
3	saucers	saucer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saucers	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 left	compound:prt
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 left	parataxis
11	on	on	ADP	_	15 windowsill	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 windowsill	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 windowsill	amod
14	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 windowsill	amod
15	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 one	punct
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 one	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 cupboard	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 cupboard	det
20	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 cupboard	amod
21	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 one	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	present · passive		Two equal saucers of water					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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: What happens?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The one in the window dries first, because warmth speeds evaporation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dries	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
6	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 dries	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 speeds	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 speeds	mark
10	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speeds	nsubj
11	speeds	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dries	conj
12	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speeds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	the one in the window					first property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	speed	present	warmth	evaporation					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evaporation=Agent

Option 2

The one in the cupboard dries first, because darkness draws water out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dries	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cupboard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cupboard	det
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
6	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 dries	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 draws	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 draws	mark
10	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 draws	nsubj
11	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dries	conj
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 draws	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	11 draws	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	the one in the cupboard					first property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	draw out	present	darkness	water					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

Neither dries, because water only leaves when it boils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 dries	nsubj
2	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 leaves	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 leaves	mark
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leaves	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 water	advmod
7	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dries	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 boils	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 boils	nsubj
10	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 leaves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	dry	present	Neither	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	present	water	tree rules
3	boil	present	water	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Both dry at the same time, because they hold the same water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 dry	advmod
2	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hold	advcl
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dry	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hold	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 hold	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hold	nsubj
10	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	they	the same water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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