Test 1 · ★★★ · Clever reasoning about water and matter
A sealed plastic bottle filled to the top with water is put in the freezer. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: seal, fill, put, happen · To what, where: sealed plastic bottle, freezer
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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 sealed plastic bottle filled to the top with water is put in the freezer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bottle | det |
| 2 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bottle | amod |
| 3 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bottle | amod |
| 4 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bottle | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 top | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 top | det |
| 8 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 filled | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 top | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | aux:pass |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 freezer | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 freezer | det |
| 15 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seal | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | fill | participle | a sealed plastic bottle not said here | to the top with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | put | present · passive | a sealed plastic bottle | the freezer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in freezer=Destination |
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 · ✓ the right answer
It bulges or splits as the ice expands
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 bulges | nsubj |
| 2 | bulges | bulge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 splits | cc |
| 4 | splits | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 bulges | conj |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 expands | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ice | det |
| 7 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 expands | nsubj |
| 8 | expands | expand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 splits | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bulge | present | It | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | split | present | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | expand | present | the ice | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The water stays liquid because the bottle is sealed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stays | nsubj |
| 3 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | liquid | liquid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stays | xcomp |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 sealed | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bottle | det |
| 7 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sealed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sealed | aux:pass |
| 9 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stays | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the water | liquid property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seal | present · passive | the bottle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Nothing changes at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Nothing | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It is squeezed inward as the water shrinks
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 | 3 squeezed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 squeezed | aux:pass |
| 3 | squeezed | squeeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | inward | inward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 squeezed | xcomp |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 shrinks | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shrinks | nsubj |
| 8 | shrinks | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 squeezed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squeeze | present · passive | It | inward property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shrink | present | the water | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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