Test 8 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings
A girl wants to fix a broken hairdryer. What must happen before anyone opens it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, anyone · What happens: want, fix, break, happen, open · To what, where: broken hairdryer, hairdryer
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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: A girl wants to fix a broken hairdryer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 fix | mark |
| 5 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hairdryer | det |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 hairdryer | amod |
| 8 | hairdryer | hairdryer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fix | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fix not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | a broken hairdryer | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hairdryer=Patient | ||||
| 3 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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: What must happen before anyone opens it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 opens | mark |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 opens | nsubj |
| 6 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 opens | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | must | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | open | present | anyone | hairdryer | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is switched off at the button and left plugged in
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 switched | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 switched | aux:pass |
| 3 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 switched | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 button | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 button | det |
| 7 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 switched | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 plugged | cc |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 plugged | aux:pass |
| 10 | plugged | plug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 switched | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 plugged | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | present · passive | It | the button | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | plug in | past · passive | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP» |
Option 2
It is cooled in the freezer
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 cooled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cooled | aux:pass |
| 3 | cooled | cool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 freezer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 freezer | det |
| 6 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cooled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | present · passive | It | the freezer | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is unplugged, because a switch can fail
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 unplugged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unplugged | aux:pass |
| 3 | unplugged | unplug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fail | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 fail | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 switch | det |
| 7 | switch | switch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fail | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fail | aux |
| 9 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 unplugged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unplug | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fail | can | a switch | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It is shaken to see if it works
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 shaken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shaken | aux:pass |
| 3 | shaken | shake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shaken | xcomp |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 works | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 works | nsubj |
| 8 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | work a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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