Test 5 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn
In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky. Put the cartoon right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientist, Nobel medal, you · What happens: eat, drop, put · To what, where: giant chocolate bar, cartoon, sky
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 180 «Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn» 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: In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scientist | det |
| 5 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | nsubj |
| 6 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bar | det |
| 8 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bar | amod |
| 9 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bar | compound |
| 10 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eats | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 drops | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 medal | det |
| 13 | Nobel | Nobel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 medal | compound |
| 14 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 drops | nsubj |
| 15 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 eats | conj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 sky | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sky | det |
| 18 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 drops | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | a scientist | a giant chocolate bar | a cartoon | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient | |||
| 2 | drop | present | a Nobel medal | the sky | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from sky=Trajectory |
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: Put the cartoon right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | the cartoon | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rich countries have more chocolate and more labs; chocolate doesn't win prizes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 countries | amod |
| 2 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 chocolate | amod |
| 5 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 labs | cc |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 labs | amod |
| 8 | labs | lab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chocolate | conj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 win | punct |
| 10 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 win | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 win | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 win | advmod |
| 13 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | parataxis |
| 14 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Rich countries | more chocolate and more labs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not win | present · do-support | chocolate | prizes | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
Option 2
Eating chocolate is how scientists win prizes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 win | csubj |
| 2 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Eating | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 win | cop |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 win | advmod |
| 5 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 win | nsubj |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | chocolate | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | scientists | win property | tree rules |
Option 3
Medals really fall when you eat chocolate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medals | medal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fall | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 fall | advmod |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 eat | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 eat | nsubj |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fall | advcl |
| 7 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Medals | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat | present | you | chocolate | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient |
Option 4
Nobel Prizes are only given to chocolate makers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobel | Nobel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Prizes | compound |
| 2 | Prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 given | advmod |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 makers | case |
| 7 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makers | compound |
| 8 | makers | maker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | Nobel Prizes | chocolate makers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to maker=Recipient |
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