Test 13 · ★★ · Materials and their properties

Tom reckons heavy things always sink. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, heavy things · What happens: reckon, sink

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Materials and their properties» 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sink	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 sink	advmod
6	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Tom						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sink	present	heavy things					always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

No, heavy things always float

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 float	punct
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 float	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 float	advmod
6	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	heavy things					always property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, ships float only because they are light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 float	advmod
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 light	case
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 light	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 light	cop
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	ships						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	ships = ship					because light	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it depends on material and shape, not weight alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 depends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 depends	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 depends	nsubj
4	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 material	case
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 depends	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shape	cc
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 material	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 weight	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 weight	advmod
11	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 material	conj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 weight	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	it					on material and shape and weight	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on material=Theme

Option 4

Yes, anything heavy goes to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 goes	nsubj
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 anything	amod
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bottom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bottom	det
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	anything			the bottom			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bottom=Initial_Location

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