Test 5 · ★ · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking
A pot of soup is on the hob and its handle sticks out over the edge. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pot, handle · What happens: be, stick out, happen · To what, where: hob, edge
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A pot of soup is on the hob and its handle sticks out over the edge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pot | det |
| 2 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hob | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 soup | case |
| 4 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pot | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hob | cop |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 hob | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hob | det |
| 8 | hob | hob | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sticks | cc |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 handle | nmod:poss |
| 11 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sticks | nsubj |
| 12 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hob | conj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 sticks | compound:prt |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 16 edge | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 edge | det |
| 16 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sticks | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 hob | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a pot of soup | the hob | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stick out | present | pot's handle | the edge | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over edge=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | 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 | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, as handles do not move
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 move | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 move | mark |
| 4 | handles | handle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 move | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 move | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 move | advmod |
| 7 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not move | present · do-support | handles | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The plastic handle melts and drips onto the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 handle | det |
| 2 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 handle | amod |
| 3 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 melts | nsubj |
| 4 | melts | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 drips | cc |
| 6 | drips | drip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 melts | conj |
| 7 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drips | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt | present | the plastic handle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | drip | present | the plastic handle not said here | the floor | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto floor=Location |
Option 3
The soup boils more slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soup | det |
| 2 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boils | nsubj |
| 3 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 slowly | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 boils | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | present | the soup | slowly property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Someone knocks it and is scalded by the soup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 knocks | nsubj |
| 2 | knocks | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knocks | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 scalded | cc |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scalded | aux:pass |
| 6 | scalded | scald | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knocks | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 soup | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 soup | det |
| 9 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scalded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | present | Someone | it | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | scald | present · passive | Someone not said here | by the soup | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» |
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