Test 11 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

hands still wet from washing, just gonna flick the light on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: wash, flick on · To what, where: light

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» 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	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wet	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 wet	advmod
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 washing	mark
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wet	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 flick	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 flick	advmod
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 flick	dep
9	flick	flick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wet	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 light	det
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flick	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	9 flick	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flick on	infinitive		the light					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=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

Only wet feet matter, not hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 feet	advmod
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feet	amod
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	nsubj
4	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hands	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hands	advmod
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	wet feet	hands					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Use your elbow and it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 elbow	nmod:poss
3	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fine	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fine	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Use	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	your elbow					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient
2	is	present	you not said here					fine property	tree rules

Option 3

It's fine, light switches are always safe to touch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
5	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 switches	amod
6	switches	switch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 safe	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 touch	mark
11	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	light switches	always, safe property	tree rules
3	touch	to-infinitive	light switches not said here		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dry your hands first, water carries electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dry	dry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dry	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Dry	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 carries	punct
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	nsubj
7	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dry	parataxis
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	imperative	you not said here	your hands				first property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hand=Result
2	carry	present	water	electricity					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme

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