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Test 4 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

★★★ Instructions: «1. Crack the egg. 2. Whisk it. 3. Pour it into the hot pan.» Sam whisks first, then cracks. What will happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Sam · What happens: crack, whisk, pour, happen · To what, where: egg, hot pan

This is test 4 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» of the English 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: ★★★ Instructions: «1.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Instructions	compound
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Instructions	compound
4	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 1	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 1	punct
7	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 Instructions	appos
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 1	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Crack the egg.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crack	crack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 egg	det
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crack	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Crack	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	imperative	you not said here	the egg					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme

Sentence 3: 2.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 2	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: Whisk it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisk	whisk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Whisk	obj
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Whisk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisk	imperative	you not said here	egg					vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Sentence 5: 3.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 3	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 6: Pour it into the hot pan.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pour	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 pan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pan	det
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pan	amod
6	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pour	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Pour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	egg		the hot pan			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into pan=Destination

Sentence 7: Sam whisks first, then cracks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whisks	nsubj
2	whisks	whisk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 whisks	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cracks	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 cracks	advmod
6	cracks	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 whisks	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 whisks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisk	present	Sam					first property	vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	crack	present	Sam not said here				then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 8: What will happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	future							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It works just the same

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 same	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 works	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It	the same					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent same=Material

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He'll whisk an egg still in its shell, so it won't work

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 whisk	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 whisk	aux
3	whisk	whisk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whisk	obj
6	still	still	ADV	_	3 whisk	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shell	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shell	nmod:poss
9	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whisk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 work	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 work	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 work	nsubj
13	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 work	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 work	advmod
15	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 whisk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisk	future	He	a egg		egg's shell	still		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent egg=Patient in shell=Location
2	not work	future	egg						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The egg will crack itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crack	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 crack	aux
4	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 crack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	future	the egg	egg					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location itself=Theme

Option 4

The pan will cool down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pan	det
2	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cool	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cool	aux
4	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 cool	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool down	future	the pan						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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