Test 6 · ★ · Chores and broken things

Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing. Why was that a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: hide, break, say, be · To what, where: pieces, bin, nothing, bad idea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Lily hid the pieces of a broken bowl in the bin and said nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pieces	det
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bowl	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bowl	amod
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pieces	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bin	det
11	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 said	cc
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 said	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hide	past	Lily	the pieces of a broken bowl	the bin	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Patient in bin=Location
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	Lily not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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: Why was that a bad idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 idea	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a bad idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1

The bowl could have mended itself in the bin if it was left alone overnight

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bowl	det
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mended	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mended	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 mended	aux
5	mended	mend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 mended	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bin	det
9	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mended	obl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 left	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mended	advcl
14	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	xcomp
15	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	13 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	could · perfect · passive		the bowl		the bin			tree rules
2	leave a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		bowl				alone, overnight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Bins cannot take broken bowls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 take	advmod
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bowls	amod
6	bowls	bowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	can	Bins	broken bowls					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Hidden pieces turn into dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pieces	amod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 dust	case
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Hidden pieces			dust			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into dust=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It hurts trust, and someone could cut themselves on the hidden pieces

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 hurts	nsubj
2	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurts	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cut	cc
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 cut	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	aux
8	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hurts	parataxis
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 cut	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 pieces	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pieces	det
12	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pieces	amod
13	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	It	trust					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient
2	cut	could	someone	themselves = they		the hidden pieces			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product

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