Test 9 · ★ · Chores and broken things

Why should cords be picked up before you vacuum?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: pick up, vacuum · To what, where: cords

This is test 9 · ★ 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 picked	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	aux
3	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 picked	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 picked	aux:pass
5	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 picked	compound:prt
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 vacuum	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 vacuum	nsubj
9	vacuum	vacuum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	should · passive		cords					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	vacuum	present	you						vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The vacuum can suck them in, tangle and break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vacuum	det
2	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suck	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 suck	aux
4	suck	suck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 suck	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	4 suck	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tangle	punct
8	tangle	tangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 suck	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 break	cc
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 suck	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	suck in	can	the vacuum	them = they	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source
2	tangle	infinitive	the vacuum not said here		tree rules
3	break	infinitive	the vacuum not said here		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Cords make the vacuum too quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vacuum	det
4	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 quiet	advmod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cords	the vacuum				quiet property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vacuum=Product

Option 3

The vacuum is scared of cords

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vacuum	det
2	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cords	case
6	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the vacuum					of cords; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

Cords stop the floor from getting properly clean underneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stop	advcl
7	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 clean	advmod
8	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
9	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	6 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Cords	the floor					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality floor=Eventuality
2	get	gerund	Cords not said here					clean, underneath property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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