Test 5 · ★ · Air and why we need it
A water plant grows in a goldfish bowl near a window. How does it help the fish?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: water plant, plant · What happens: grow, help · To what, where: goldfish bowl, fish
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» 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 water plant grows in a goldfish bowl near a window.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 plant | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plant | compound |
| 3 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grows | nsubj |
| 4 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bowl | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bowl | det |
| 7 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bowl | compound |
| 8 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grows | obl |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 window | det |
| 11 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bowl | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 grows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a water plant | a goldfish bowl near a window | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bowl=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: How does it help the fish?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 help | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fish | det |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · do-support | plant | the fish | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1
It warms the water up for the fish at night
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 warms | nsubj |
| 2 | warms | warm | 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 warms | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 warms | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 fish | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fish | det |
| 8 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warms | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 night | case |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warms | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warm up | present | It | the water | night | for the fish | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument water=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It makes the water salty, just like the sea
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 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 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sea | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 sea | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the water | salty property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material water=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It adds oxygen to the water in the light
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 adds | nsubj |
| 2 | adds | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 adds | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 adds | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 light | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 light | det |
| 9 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 adds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | It | oxygen | the light | to the water | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient to water=Co-Patient |
Option 4
It keeps the water cold, like ice from a fridge
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 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | 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 keeps | obj |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ice | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 ice | case |
| 8 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 fridge | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fridge | det |
| 11 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | the water | like ice from a fridge; cold property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
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