--- title: A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. What'… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. What's true? Test 2 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Famous discoveries told as stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/) / t2 # Test 2 · Famous discoveries told as stories A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon alchemist · **What happens:** turn, be · **To what, where:** lead pipe, gold This is test 2 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:1 # text = A cartoon alchemist turns a lead pipe into gold with a potion. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 alchemist alchemist NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | a cartoon alchemist | a lead pipe | | gold | | with a potion | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme into gold=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:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It works only with very old lead ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:o1:1 # text = It works only with very old lead 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | with old lead | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lead=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It works if the potion is strong enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:o2:1 # text = It works if the potion is strong enough 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 8 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the potion | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It works on a full moon only ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:o3:1 # text = It works on a full moon only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | on a full moon | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on moon=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Chemistry cannot change lead into gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:t2:o4:1 # text = Chemistry cannot change lead into gold 1 Chemistry chemistry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | can | Chemistry | lead | | | | into gold *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent lead=Patient into gold=Result | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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