Test 9 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets
At a friend's house you leave the toilet messy. Why should you clean it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: leave, clean · To what, where: toilet, house
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» 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: At a friend's house you leave the toilet messy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | nsubj |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 toilet | det |
| 9 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obj |
| 10 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 leave | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | you | the toilet | a friend's house | messy property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toilet=Theme at house=Location |
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 should you clean it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 clean | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 clean | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 clean | nsubj |
| 4 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 clean | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 clean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | should | you | toilet | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
It is someone else's job, like the cleaner's
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 | 6 job | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 job | cop |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 job | nmod:poss |
| 4 | else | else | ADV | _ | 3 someone | advmod |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 someone | case |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cleaner | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 cleaner | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cleaner | det |
| 10 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 job | nmod |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 cleaner | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | someone's job | like the cleaner | tree rules |
Option 2
Only adults use that toilet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 adults | advmod |
| 2 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nsubj |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 toilet | det |
| 5 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | adults | that toilet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toilet=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The next person should find a clean toilet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 toilet | det |
| 7 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 toilet | amod |
| 8 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | should | the next person | a clean toilet | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toilet=Topic |
Option 4
Toilets clean themselves anyway each time you flush
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 clean | nsubj |
| 2 | clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 clean | obj |
| 4 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 2 clean | advmod |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 clean | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 flush | nsubj |
| 8 | flush | flush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | present | Toilets | Toilets = toilet | time | anyway property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | ||
| 2 | flush | present | you | each time not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent time=Source |
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