Test 4 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

Why should a step stool be used rather than a swivel chair, a turning chair on wheels?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: use, turn · To what, where: step stool

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 used	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stool	det
4	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stool	compound
5	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 chair	cc
9	than	than	ADP	_	8 rather	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chair	det
11	swivel	swivel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chair	compound
12	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 chair	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 chair	det
15	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 chair	amod
16	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chair	appos
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 wheels	case
18	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 chair	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should · passive		a step stool					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	turn	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A chair with wheels can roll away and make you fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roll	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 wheels	case
4	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chair	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 roll	aux
6	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 roll	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 make	cc
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 roll	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	roll away	can	a chair with wheels		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	infinitive	a chair with wheels not said here	you		tree rules
3	fall	infinitive	you not said here			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Chairs are not strong enough for anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 strong	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strong	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 strong	advmod
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 strong	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 strong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Chairs					for anyone; enough, strong property	tree rules

Option 3

Step stools are always taller and stronger than any chair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stools	compound
2	stools	stool	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taller	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taller	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 taller	advmod
5	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stronger	cc
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 taller	conj
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 chair	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 chair	det
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Step stools					than any chair; always, tall property	tree rules
2	be		Step stools not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Chairs scratch the kitchen floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scratch	nsubj
2	scratch	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floor	compound
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scratch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	present	Chairs	the kitchen floor					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Theme

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