Test 18 · ★ · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

Grace's mum threw water on a chip pan n the flames went up to the ceiling, Grace told me not to tell anyone. should i spread it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, flames, Grace, i · What happens: throw, go up, tell, not tell, spread · To what, where: water, chip pan, me, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 107 «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher» 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	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grace	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 pan	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pan	det
8	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pan	compound
9	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threw	obl
10	n	n	SCONJ	_	13 went	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flames	det
12	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 went	nsubj
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	advcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 went	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 ceiling	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ceiling	det
17	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 told	punct
19	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 told	nsubj
20	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	conj
21	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 told	iobj
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 tell	advmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 tell	mark
24	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 told	xcomp
25	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	24 tell	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 spread	punct
27	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 spread	aux
28	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 spread	nsubj
29	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 threw	advcl
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw	past	Grace's mum	water		a chip pan		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on pan=Destination
2	go up	past	the flames				to the ceiling	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	tell speech: assert	past	Grace		me			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Grace not said here		anyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
5	spread	should	i	water				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so her mum learns her lesson in public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 learns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learns	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lesson	nmod:poss
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 public	case
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 learns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	her mum	mum's lesson		public			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic

Option 2

Yes, because it is too exciting to keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 exciting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 exciting	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 exciting	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 exciting	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exciting	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 exciting	advmod
7	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 exciting	xcomp
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					exciting property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive						quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, she asked you not to; the lesson is no water on oil fires

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 asked	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	6 not	fixed
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 water	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 water	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 water	cop
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 fires	case
15	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fires	compound
16	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 water	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	past	she		you				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
2	is a	present	the lesson	no water		oil fires			tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but tell only the teachers and a few of your closest friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 teachers	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teachers	det
7	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 few	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 few	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 teachers	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 friends	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 friends	nmod:poss
13	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 friends	amod
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 few	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teachers				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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