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Test 3 · ★ · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

A kettle cord hangs over the edge of the counter. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kettle cord · What happens: hang, happen · To what, where: edge

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A kettle cord hangs over the edge of the counter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cord	compound
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hangs	nsubj
4	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hangs	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 counter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 counter	det
10	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hangs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	a kettle cord			the edge of the counter			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over edge=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child pulls it and boiling water falls on them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	nsubj
3	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pulls	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 falls	cc
6	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falls	nsubj
8	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pulls	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a child	it					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	boil	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	fall	present	boiling water					on them = they	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location

Option 2

The cord gets cold and breaks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cord	det
2	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 breaks	cc
6	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the cord					cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	break	present	the cord not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The kettle switches itself off when its cord is hanging down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kettle	det
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 switches	nsubj
3	switches	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 switches	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	3 switches	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 hanging	advmod
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cord	nmod:poss
8	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hanging	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hanging	aux
10	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 switches	parataxis
11	down	down	ADV	_	10 hanging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	present	the kettle	kettle					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient
2	hang down	present · progressive	kettle's cord					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The kettle 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 kettle	det
2	kettle	kettle	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 kettle					slowly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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