Test 13 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

knife's in the sink under all the bubbles somewhere, can u grab it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: knife, u · What happens: be, grab · To what, where: sink, knife

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» 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	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sink	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sink	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sink	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sink	det
5	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 bubbles	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 bubbles	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bubbles	det
9	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sink	nmod
10	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 bubbles	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 grab	punct
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 grab	aux
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 grab	nsubj
14	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sink	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	knife			the sink		under all bubbles	tree rules
2	grab	can	u	knife					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer

Never reach for a knife you cannot see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 reach	advmod
2	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 knife	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knife	det
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reach	obl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knife	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	imperative	you not said here					for a knife	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not see	can	you	a knife not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knife=Stimulus

Option 2

Feel around slowly with your hand for the handle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	around	around	ADV	_	1 Feel	advmod
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Feel	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feel	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 handle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 handle	det
9	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel around	imperative	you not said here					with your hand; for the handle; around, slowly property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for handle=Theme

Option 3

Grab quickly before it sinks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Grab	advmod
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 sinks	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sinks	nsubj
5	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here					quickly property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sink	present	it						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Swish the water to find it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swish	swish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swish	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Swish	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swish	imperative	you not said here	the water					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	you not said here	water					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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