Test 18 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

my uncle reckons a lady put water on a chip pan fire n blew up the whole street. what's probably exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, lady · What happens: reckon, put, blow up, exaggerate · To what, where: water, fire n, whole street

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blew	nsubj
6	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lady	acl
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	13 n	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 n	det
10	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pan	compound
11	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fire	compound
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	_	6 put	obl
14	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	ccomp
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 blew	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 street	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 street	amod
18	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blew	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 exaggerated	aux
22	probably	probably	ADV	_	23 exaggerated	advmod
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reckons	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my uncle				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	put	participle	a lady not said here	water	a fire n		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme on n=Destination
3	blow up	past	a lady	the whole street			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent street=Patient
4	exaggerate	present · passive				probably property	tree rules

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

That chip pans can catch fire at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 chip	det
2	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pans	compound
3	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 catch	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 catch	aux
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	can	chip pans	fire		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent fire=Theme at all=Asset

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

The whole street; water on burning oil does make a fireball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 street	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 street	amod
3	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 water	punct
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 street	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 oil	case
7	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 oil	amod
8	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	nmod
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fireball	det
12	fireball	fireball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present · do-support	the whole street and water on burning oil	a fireball					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fireball=Product

Option 3

That water on burning oil is dangerous and can make the fire much worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dangerous	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 oil	case
4	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 oil	amod
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 make	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 make	aux
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 dangerous	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
13	much	much	ADV	_	14 worse	advmod
14	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	that water on burning oil		dangerous property	tree rules
3	make	can	that water on burning oil not said here	the fire	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product

Option 4

Nothing, water on oil always flattens a street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 flattens	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 water	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 oil	case
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	nmod
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 flattens	advmod
7	flattens	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 street	det
9	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flattens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	present	Nothing	a street				always property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument street=Patient

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