Test 17 · ★ · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

omg a girl put a spoon in the microwave n it exploded n the whole kitchen burnt down, my cousin said. what's probably exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, spoon, cousin · What happens: put, explode, burnt down, say, exaggerate · To what, where: spoon, microwave, whole kitchen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	4 put	discourse
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spoon	det
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 microwave	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 microwave	det
9	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
10	n	n	SCONJ	_	12 exploded	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 exploded	nsubj
12	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	advcl
13	n	n	ADP	_	16 kitchen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kitchen	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 kitchen	amod
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exploded	obl
17	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 kitchen	acl
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 burnt	compound:prt
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 exploded	punct
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 cousin	nmod:poss
21	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 put	parataxis
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 exaggerated	aux
26	probably	probably	ADV	_	27 exaggerated	advmod
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 put	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	a girl	a spoon	the microwave		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spoon=Theme in microwave=Destination
2	explode	past	spoon			n the whole kitchen	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	burnt down	participle		the whole kitchen not said here			tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	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

Nothing, a spoon always burns down a kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 burns	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spoon	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spoon	det
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 burns	advmod
6	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 burns	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn down	present	Nothing	a kitchen				always property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kitchen=Theme

Option 2

That metal left in a microwave really can make sparks and flashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 metal	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 metal	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 microwave	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 microwave	det
6	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
7	really	really	ADV	_	3 left	advmod
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flashes	cc
12	flashes	flash	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sparks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		that metal not said here				in a microwave result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in microwave=Result
2	make	can	that metal	sparks and flashes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material spark=Product

Option 3

That it was a spoon left in the bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 spoon	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spoon	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoon	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spoon	det
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 spoon	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bowl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bowl	det
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a spoon					tree rules
2	leave	participle		a spoon not said here				in the bowl result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in bowl=Result

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

The whole kitchen; metal does spark and can start a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kitchen	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kitchen	amod
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 does	punct
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kitchen	acl:relcl
7	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 does	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 start	aux
10	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	metal	spark					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Eventuality
2	start	can	the whole kitchen	a fire					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality

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