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Test 3 · ★ · Browning apples, rotting and mould

Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster. What could she do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: want, ripen, do · To what, where: hard green avocado

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 avocado	det
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 avocado	amod
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 avocado	amod
6	avocado	avocado	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ripen	mark
8	ripen	ripen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 avocado	acl
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 ripen	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Mum	the hard green avocado					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot avocado=Theme
2	ripen	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	the hard green avocado not said here				fast 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.

Sentence 2: What could she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	could	Mum						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Soak it in salty water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Soak	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Soak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	imperative	you not said here	it				in salty water	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in water=Theme

Option 2

Keep it in a dark cupboard alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 cupboard	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cupboard	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cupboard	amod
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		a dark cupboard		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cupboard=Location

Option 3

Put it in the freezer overnight to soften it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 freezer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 freezer	det
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 soften	mark
8	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 soften	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		the freezer		overnight property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination
2	soften	to-infinitive	you not said here	freezer					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Put it in a bag with a ripe banana

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bag	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 banana	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 banana	det
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 banana	amod
9	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		a bag		with a ripe banana	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Destination

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