Test 4 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint There's a burnt smell from a plug and a crackle. Your big brother says "I'll sort it, pass me a knife." What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: burnt smell, big brother · What happens: be, say, sort, pass · To what, where: smell, knife, big brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life 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: There's a burnt smell from a plug and a crackle.
expl det amod nsubj case det nmod cc det conj punct root There PRON 's VERB a DET burnt ADJ smell NOUN from ADP a DET plug NOUN and CCONJ a DET crackle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 's expl 2 's be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 smell det 4 burnt burnt ADJ Degree=Pos 5 smell amod 5 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing 2 's nsubj 6 from from ADP _ 8 plug case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 plug det 8 plug plug NOUN Number=Sing 5 smell nmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 crackle cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 crackle det 11 crackle crackle NOUN Number=Sing 8 plug conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 's punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present a burnt smell from a plug and a crackle there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: Your big brother says "I'll sort it, pass me a knife."
nmod:poss amod nsubj punct nsubj aux ccomp obj punct conj obj det obj punct punct root Your PRON big ADJ brother NOUN says VERB " PUNCT I PRON 'll AUX sort VERB it PRON , PUNCT pass VERB me PRON a DET knife NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 brother nmod:poss 2 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 sort punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 sort nsubj 7 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 sort aux 8 sort sort VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sort obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 pass punct 11 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 sort conj 12 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 pass obj 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 knife det 14 knife knife NOUN Number=Sing 11 pass obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 sort punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 8 sort punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your big brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 sort in a quote future Your big brother = brother smell vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 pass in a quote infinitive Your big brother = brother not said here a knife Your big brother = brother vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient knife=Theme
Sentence 3: What is right?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Pour water on the plug to cool it
obj case det obl mark advcl obj root Pour VERB water NOUN on ADP the DET plug NOUN to PART cool VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pour pour VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pour obj 3 on on ADP _ 5 plug case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 plug det 5 plug plug NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pour obl 6 to to PART _ 7 cool mark 7 cool cool VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Pour advcl 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 cool obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pour imperative you not said here water the plug vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient 2 cool to-infinitive you not said here water vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Stop him and tell a grown-up, this is a job for an electrician
The tree, 14 words obj cc conj det obj punct compound punct nsubj cop det obl case det nmod root Stop VERB him PRON and CCONJ tell VERB a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up ADP , PUNCT this PRON is AUX a DET job NOUN for ADP an DET electrician NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Stop obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 tell cc 4 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 grown det 6 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 4 tell obj 7 - - PUNCT _ 8 up punct 8 up up ADP _ 6 grown compound 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 job punct 10 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 job nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 job cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 job det 13 job job NOUN Number=Sing 4 tell obl 14 for for ADP _ 16 electrician case 15 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 electrician det 16 electrician electrician NOUN Number=Sing 13 job nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop imperative you not said here him = he vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality 2 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here a grown vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient 3 is a present this a job for a electrician tree rules
Option 3 Pass him the knife, it is quick and the plug is only a little bit hot
The tree, 16 words obj det obj punct nsubj cop parataxis cc det nsubj cop advmod det amod obl:unmarked conj root Pass VERB him PRON the DET knife NOUN , PUNCT it PRON is AUX quick ADJ and CCONJ the DET plug NOUN is AUX only ADV a DET little ADJ bit NOUN hot ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pass pass VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Pass obj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 knife det 4 knife knife NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pass obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 quick punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 quick nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 quick cop 8 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Pass parataxis 9 and and CCONJ _ 17 hot cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 plug det 11 plug plug NOUN Number=Sing 17 hot nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 hot cop 13 only only ADV _ 16 bit advmod 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 bit det 15 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 16 bit amod 16 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 17 hot obl:unmarked 17 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 8 quick conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass imperative you not said here the knife him = he vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient knife=Theme 2 is present knife quick property tree rules 3 is present the plug a little bit obl:unmarked ; hot property tree rules
Option 4 Unscrew it yourself while he holds the torch
obj obl mark nsubj advcl det obj root Unscrew VERB it PRON yourself PRON while SCONJ he PRON holds VERB the DET torch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unscrew unscrew VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Unscrew obj 3 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Unscrew obl 4 while while SCONJ _ 6 holds mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 holds nsubj 6 holds hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Unscrew advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 torch det 8 torch torch NOUN Number=Sing 6 holds obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 unscrew imperative you not said here it yourself obl vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 2 hold present he the torch vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme
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