Test 5 · ★ · Gratitude, helping at home and privacy

Why should you ask a grown-up to help with very hot washing-up water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ask, help · To what, where: grown up

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 102 «Gratitude, helping at home and privacy» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ask	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 up	det
6	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 up	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	17 water	case
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 hot	advmod
13	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 water	amod
14	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 up	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 washing	punct
16	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 water	compound
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 help	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	you	a grown up					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
2	help	to-infinitive	you not said here					with hot up water	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=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.

The options

Option 1

Hot water uses up all the soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 uses	compound:prt
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 soap	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 soap	det
7	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use up	present	Hot water	all soap					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soap=Patient

Option 2

Hot water cleans dishes too much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleans	nsubj
3	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cleans	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cleans	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	Hot water	dishes					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent dish=Beneficiary much=Patient

Option 3

Grown-ups like hot water better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 better	nsubj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ups	nmod
7	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Hot water can scald your skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scald	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 scald	aux
4	scald	scald	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 skin	nmod:poss
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scald	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scald	can	Hot water	your skin					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient

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