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Test 8 · ★ · Evaporation and condensation

A wet floor dries faster after it is mopped thin than when it is left in puddles. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wet floor · What happens: dry, mop, leave · To what, where: floor, puddles

This is test 8 · ★ 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: A wet floor dries faster after it is mopped thin than when it is left in puddles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 floor	det
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 floor	amod
3	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dries	nsubj
4	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 dries	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 mopped	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mopped	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mopped	aux:pass
9	mopped	mop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dries	advcl
10	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mopped	xcomp
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	15 left	mark
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 left	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 left	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 thin	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 puddles	case
17	puddles	puddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 left	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	a wet floor					fast property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	mop	present · passive		floor				thin property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Initial_Location
3	leave	present · passive		floor		puddles			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in puddle=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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The mop soaks up every drop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mop	det
2	mop	mop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soaks	nsubj
3	soaks	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 soaks	compound:prt
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 drop	det
6	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	the mop	every drop					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent drop=Source

Option 2

Puddles are made of heavier water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puddles	puddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Puddles				of heavier water	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Mopping makes the water colder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mopping	mop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mop	gerund							vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		the water				cold property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A thin layer has a bigger surface for evaporation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 layer	det
2	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 layer	amod
3	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 surface	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 surface	amod
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 evaporation	case
9	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a thin layer	a bigger surface				for evaporation	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Patient

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