Test 8 · ★ · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher
Your mum is taking a tray out of the oven and your little brother runs in. What is the most helpful thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, little brother, helpful thing · What happens: take, run, be · To what, where: tray, oven
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Your mum is taking a tray out of the oven and your little brother runs in.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taking | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 taking | aux |
| 4 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tray | det |
| 6 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taking | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 oven | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 oven | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 oven | det |
| 10 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taking | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 runs | cc |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 brother | amod |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 runs | nsubj |
| 15 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 taking | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADV | _ | 15 runs | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 taking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · progressive | Your mum | a tray | the oven | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent tray=Theme out oven=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | run | present | your little brother | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP 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.
Sentence 2: What is the most helpful thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 helpful | advmod |
| 5 | helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the helpful thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep him back away from the oven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 oven | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 oven | det |
| 7 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | him = he | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
Ask him to help carry the tray
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 help | mark |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tray | det |
| 7 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | carry not said to happen | infinitive | you not said here | the tray | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Theme |
Option 3
Tell him to touch the door gently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 touch | mark |
| 4 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 touch | obj |
| 7 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 4 touch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | touch not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the door | gently property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Open the oven door wider
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 3 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 door | compound |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Open | obj |
| 5 | wider | wide | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Open | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the oven door | wide property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
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