Test 8 · ★ · Chores and broken things

Why is a chipped mug a risk even if it still holds tea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: chipped mug · What happens: chip, be, hold · To what, where: chipped mug, tea

This is test 8 · ★ 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	5 mug	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mug	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mug	det
4	chipped	chip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mug	amod
5	mug	mug	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 holds	nsubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 risk	det
7	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 holds	nsubj
8	even	even	ADV	_	12 holds	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 holds	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 holds	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 holds	advmod
12	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 holds	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 holds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	chip	participle				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present		a chipped mug		tree rules
3	hold	present	a chipped mug	tea	still	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=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

The chip makes the tea taste of soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chip	det
2	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 taste	det
5	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taste	compound
6	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 soap	case
8	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taste	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the chip	the tea taste of soap					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset taste=Product
2	taste			soap					nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Chipped mugs cannot be washed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipped	chip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mugs	amod
2	mugs	mug	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 washed	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 washed	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 washed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 washed	aux:pass
6	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chip	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	not wash	can · passive		Chipped mugs					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can crack in your hand or leave glass bits in the drink

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 crack	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 crack	aux
3	crack	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crack	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 leave	cc
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 crack	conj
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bits	compound
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leave	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 drink	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drink	det
13	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	can	It			your hand			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location
2	leave	infinitive		glass bits		the drink			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bit=Theme in drink=Location

Option 4

Chipped mugs make the tea inside go cold much faster than whole ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipped	chip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mugs	amod
2	mugs	mug	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tea	det
5	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 make	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	conj
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	much	much	ADV	_	10 faster	advmod
10	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 go	advmod
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 ones	case
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chip	participle				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	Chipped mugs	the tea	inside property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material tea=Product
3	go	present	Chipped mugs not said here		cold, fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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