Test 5 · ★ · Chores and broken things

Why is a damp paper towel good for the last bits of glass?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: damp paper towel · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 good	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 good	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 towel	det
4	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 towel	amod
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 towel	compound
6	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 good	nsubj
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 bits	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bits	det
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bits	amod
11	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 good	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 glass	case
13	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bits	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a damp paper towel					for the last bits of glass; good 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 · ← Mova's choice

It washes the glass down the drain

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	2 washes	nsubj
2	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 drain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drain	det
7	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present	It	the glass				down the drain	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient

Option 2

It makes the slivers bigger and easier to see

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 slivers	det
4	slivers	sliver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 easier	cc
7	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 bigger	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 easier	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the slivers				big property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sliver=Product
2	see	to-infinitive	the slivers not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tiny slivers stick to it that a brush misses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slivers	amod
2	slivers	sliver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stick	nsubj
3	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stick	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 misses	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brush	det
8	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 misses	nsubj
9	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	Tiny slivers		it				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient
2	miss	present	a brush						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It makes the glass soft and safe

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 safe	cc
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the glass				soft property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material glass=Product

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